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Colombia's ELN rebels announce Christmas truce
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s largest remaining rebel group announced a unilateral truce on Sunday, to last until Jan. 3, the first since the previous ceasefire broke down in August. In a statement posted on X, the National Liberation Army said that it will halt attacks on...
A motorcycle loaded with explosives detonated in Colombia killing 1 and injuring 14
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A motorcycle loaded with explosives detonated at a police checkpoint in southwestern Colombia on Saturday, killing the driver and injuring 14 others, authorities said. Officers had been conducting inspections in the community of Las Penas in the Jamundi...
Venezuelan migrants keep arriving in Colombia. These faith leaders offer them a home away from home
PALMIRA, Colombia (AP) — It’s been three years since Douarleyka Velásquez abandoned her career in human resources. Her new job is not what she had planned for, but still feels rewarding. As a cleaning supervisor at a migrant shelter in Colombia, she gets to comfort Venezuelans who, just like...
Passengers in fatal bus crash near French ski resort were mostly Colombian nationals living in Spain
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Many of the victims of a bus crash in Southern France in which two people were killed and dozens of others were injured are citizens of Colombia, officials said Monday. In a statement published on X, Colombia’s foreign affairs ministry said 30 passengers...
Colombia to require visas for British citizens in response to UK visa restrictions
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's President Gustavo Petro said Tuesday that his country will impose visa requirements on British citizens, in retaliation for a decision made by the United Kingdom to remove Colombia from a list of countries whose nationals can visit Britain without a tourist...
Thousands of Colombians take to the streets to reject proposed reforms and rebuke the president
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Thousands of Colombians took to the streets on Saturday to oppose the policies of President Gustavo Petro, who accused demonstrators of trying to destabilize the government. Protesters in cities including Bogotá, Medellín and Cali decried a series of...
Colombia’s government is eager for a post-fossil fuels economy. But costs are a barrier
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's fiery left-wing President Gustavo Petro is one of the biggest opponents of fossil fuels on the world stage today, with speeches that lump oil and coal with cocaine as his country's “three poisons.” He's set a goal of weaning Colombia off those fossil fuels,...
AP Race Call: Republican Bernie Moreno wins election to U.S. Senate from Ohio, beating incumbent Sherrod Brown
Republican Bernie Moreno defeated incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown in Ohio on Tuesday, in one of the year's most competitive and expensive Senate contests. Moreno, a Colombian-born businessman from Cleveland, succeeded by highlighting his endorsement from former President Donald Trump and working to...
Mexico's National Guard kills 2 Colombians and wounds 4 on a migrant smuggling route near the US
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s National Guard fatally shot two Colombians and wounded four others in what the Defense Department claimed was a confrontation near the U.S. border. Colombia's foreign ministry said in a statement Sunday that all of the victims were migrants who had...
Colombian authorities arrest active and retired military personnel over weapons trafficking
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Authorities in Colombia on Saturday arrested a group of nine active and retired military personnel over weapons trafficking accusations stemming from a wider investigation into a grenade attack last year in the capital. Colombia’s army in a statement said...
