9 days ago

Colombia goes to polls in election pitting outgoing leader’s ally against pro-Trump candidates ⊕⊕

found 2026 › May › 31 (Sun) @ 12:24 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Ballots are being cast in the first round of the South American nation’s presidential elections

Colombians are casting ballots in the first round of the South American nation’s presidential election, …

11 days ago

Colombia prepares to go to polls in election shadowed by resurgence of political violence ⊖

found 2026 › May › 30 (Sat) @ 09:16 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Sunday’s presidential vote is contest between left and right – and between contradictory proposals for dealing with the decades-long armed conflict

Mateo Pérez Rueda was one internship away from compl…

12 days ago

Clashes between armed groups in Colombia kill at least 52 ⊖⊖

found 2026 › May › 28 (Thu) @ 20:15 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Rival groups are vying for territorial control of strategic cocaine production and trafficking region

At least 52 guerrilla fighters have been killed in clashes between two rival armed groups vying fo…

41 days ago

Colombian election reflects on ‘total peace’ promise as violence surges again ⊖

found 2026 › Apr › 29 (Wed) @ 13:21 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Four years after president’s pledge, his would-be successors are divided on how to tackle rising guerrilla attacks

The landmark 2016 peace deal between the Colombian government and the largest insurge…

43 days ago

Bomb blast on Colombia highway leaves at least 20 dead ahead of May elections ⊖⊖

found 2026 › Apr › 27 (Mon) @ 12:49 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Dissident Farc faction blamed for attack on Pan-American Highway that also injured 36 people in south-western region

The death toll in a weekend highway bombing in Colombia has risen to 20, with anoth…

5 months ago

‘Cocaine, gold and meat’: how Colombia’s Amazon became big business for crime networks ⊖⊖

found 2025 › Dec › 26 (Fri) @ 13:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Armed groups have moved in to the space left by the Farc after the civil war, cutting down rainforest to control land and build thousands of kilometres of smuggling routes

High above the Colombian Ama…

11 months ago

Dozens of soldiers seized in Colombian mountains ○

found 2025 › Jun › 23 (Mon) @ 06:25 UTC

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The military says the civilians were acting under pressure from dissidents of the Farc rebel group.

15 months ago

Colombia risks return to violent past, says architect of landmark peace deal ○

found 2025 › Feb › 26 (Wed) @ 18:11 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Exclusive: The bloody foundering of President Gustavo Petro’s ‘Total Peace’ strategy is a ‘national failure’, says Juan Manuel Santos, who ended war with Farc guerrillas in 2016

Colombia risks sliding…

16 months ago

From the archive: The false positives scandal: how thousands of innocent Colombians were killed so soldiers could get more holiday – podcast ○

found 2025 › Feb › 05 (Wed) @ 06:33 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors.

This week, from 2020: When the Colombian army defeated the Far…

More than 80 people killed in Colombia as truce between rebel groups collapses ○

found 2025 › Jan › 20 (Mon) @ 06:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Violence between National Liberation Army and Farc factions in north-east forces thousands to flee homes

At least 80 people have been killed and thousands displaced in north-east Colombia after the co…