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State of emergency declared at Colombia-Peru border as Farc dissidents are arrested 2

By Michael Krumholtz July 19, 2018

On the eve of a 60-day emergency on the Peruvian border with Colombia, Peruvian authorities announced Monday a large offensive against reported drug traffickers and FARC dissidents that led to 51 arrests. The operation took place in Colombia’s Amazonian province of Putumayo and involved 350...

President-Elect Iván Duque begins to name cabinet members 3

By Michael Krumholtz July 16, 2018

As Colombia's President-Elect Iván Duque gets set to take office in less than a month, he has...

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Nearly 100 Colombian social leaders have been killed this year after Ana María Cortes’ death 4

By Arjun Harindranath July 11, 2018

Human rights defender Ana María Cortes was killed on Tuesday in a cafeteria in Caceres, Antioquia,...

Colombia national team receives warm welcome home from World Cup 5

By Jeffrey Kit July 6, 2018

It’s an earlier return than they would have hoped for but Colombia’s national football team has...

Bodies of Ecuadorian journalists murdered in Colombia taken back home 6

By Michael Krumholtz June 29, 2018

After Colombian authorities found the bodies of the two Ecuadorian journalists and their driver...