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Montevideo, January 22nd 2026 - 16:30 UTC

Tag: Colombia

  • Monday, September 29th 2025 - 09:22 UTC

    Bordering Colombian and Venezuelan districts to deepen ties

    The signed memorandum symbolizes the twinning of the peoples and the challenge of realizing a shared vision as “Bolivarian brothers,” it was argued

    Governors of bordering Venezuelan and Colombian districts held a “historic and significant meeting” on the banks of the Orinoco River to sign a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at reactivating binational exchange.

  • Tuesday, September 16th 2025 - 20:48 UTC

    Colombia halts arms purchases from US

    “No more handouts or gifts” for the United States, Petro promised

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro has halted all future arms purchases from the United States in response to Washington's decertification of his country as a counter-narcotics ally.

  • Monday, September 1st 2025 - 10:26 UTC

    Colombia summons Celac FMs to discuss US Caribbean deployment

    Colombia reaffirmed that Latin America and the Caribbean have been formally recognized as a Zone of Peace

    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.

  • Thursday, August 28th 2025 - 10:09 UTC

    Colombia and Guyana sign aerial defense MoU

    El documento fue firmado en Georgetown por el brigadier guyanés Omar Khan y el general de la Fuerza Aérea colombiana Luis Carlos Córdoba Avendaño

    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.

  • Monday, August 25th 2025 - 10:54 UTC

    Maduro promotes Ambassador in Colombia to Major General

    The promotion came alongside a voluntary enlistment drive

    Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro promoted his country's Ambassador to Colombia Carlos Martínez to the rank of major general in active reserve.

  • Monday, August 25th 2025 - 10:03 UTC

    Key guerrilla leader gunned down by Colombian forces

    Dumar was considered one of Mordisco's most trusted allies

    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.

  • Tuesday, August 19th 2025 - 20:27 UTC

    US$600 million treasure discovered in Colombian farm

    Authorities suspect that the money could be linked to the late drug lord Pablo Escobar and his Medellín cartel

    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

    “We are creating the framework for a work plan that will allow us to combine our efforts,” Rusinque explained

    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

    Daniel Quintero, former mayor of Medellín and ally of President Petro, released a video raising the Colombian flag in territory claimed by 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

    Uribe Turbay belonged to a family with a long and tragic history in Colombian politics

    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.