Tag: Colombia

Monday, September 1st 2025 - 10:26 UTC
Colombia summons Celac FMs to discuss US Caribbean deployment

Colombia, holding the pro tempore presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac), has called an urgent virtual meeting of the organization's foreign ministers to address recent US military movements in the Caribbean.
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Thursday, August 28th 2025 - 10:09 UTC
Colombia and Guyana sign aerial defense MoU

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and the Colombian Ministry of National Defense signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to boost cooperation in aerial surveillance and regional security.
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Monday, August 25th 2025 - 10:54 UTC
Maduro promotes Ambassador in Colombia to Major General

Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro promoted his country's Ambassador to Colombia Carlos Martínez to the rank of major general in active reserve.
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Monday, August 25th 2025 - 10:03 UTC
Key guerrilla leader gunned down by Colombian forces

A military operation in El Retorno, Colombia, on Sunday resulted in the death of Willinton Vanegas Leyva, also known by his alias “Dumar” or “Chito.” According to Defense Minister Pedro Sánchez Suárez, Dumar was a senior leader of the “Martín Villa faction,” a part of the FARC dissident group known as the Central General Staff (EMC), led by Iván Mordisco.
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Tuesday, August 19th 2025 - 20:27 UTC
US$600 million treasure discovered in Colombian farm

A farmer in the Colombian region of Antioquía region of Colombia has unearthed an astonishing US$600 million in cash. The money was found buried in rusty metal drums while the rural worker, who remains anonymous for security reasons, was doing some digging to expand his crop area.
Saturday, August 16th 2025 - 10:06 UTC
Belt and Road Initiative: Colombia and China sign key trade deal

Colombia's Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (SIC) and China's State Administration for Market Regulation signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen trade cooperation and advance the South American country's participation in the “Belt and Road Initiative” (also known as the “Silk Road”).
Thursday, August 14th 2025 - 08:50 UTC
Border incidents escalate diplomatic crisis between Colombia and Peru

Tensions between Colombia and Peru have risen following a series of incidents in the disputed area of Santa Rosa de Loreto, on the Amazon River. The latest occurred on Monday, when former Medellín mayor and presidential hopeful Daniel Quintero raised the Colombian flag on Chinería Island, territory under Peruvian control. “There is no way I will let Peru take the Amazon River from us… homeland or death,” he declared in a video posted on social media.
Monday, August 11th 2025 - 12:58 UTC
Colombian Senator Uribe Turbay dies, aged 39

Colombian Senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay died early Monday as a result of the gunshots he received during a political rally on June 7, for which he had been hospitalized since.
Friday, August 8th 2025 - 10:15 UTC
Petro escalates border dispute with Peru over Amazon island: “The treaty was violated”

Colombian President Gustavo Petro escalated a diplomatic conflict with Peru on Thursday by accusing Lima of violating border treaties over the disputed sovereignty of Santa Rosa Island, located in the Amazon River. “Colombia does not recognize Peru’s sovereignty over the so-called Santa Rosa Island and does not recognize the de facto authorities,” Petro declared from Leticia, a Colombian border city that, for the first time, hosted the country’s Independence Day celebrations.
Monday, August 4th 2025 - 10:21 UTC
Ernesto Samper pays CFK a visit at Buenos Aires apartment

Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) was visited at the apartment where she is under house arrest by former Colombian President Ernesto Samper and former Ecuadorean National Assembly Speaker Gabriela Rivadeneira.