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Montevideo, April 26th 2026 - 02:38 UTC

Tag: Colombia

  • Saturday, August 2nd 2025 - 07:16 UTC

    Uribe lashes out against court ruling: “They want to destroy a voice of democratic opposition”

    Uribe also defended his lawyer Diego Cadena, who was convicted of offering judicial benefits in exchange for favorable testimony

    Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez appealed on Friday the ruling that sentenced him to 12 years of house arrest for procedural fraud and witness tampering, delivering a fiery speech in which he described the decision as a “political move” aimed at silencing “democratic opposition.”

  • Tuesday, July 29th 2025 - 10:29 UTC

    World leaders express solidarity with Uribe

    Uribe's sentence is to be announced on Friday, Aug. 1

    Many rightwing leaders expressed their solidarity with former Colombian President Álvaro Urive (73) after he was convicted of bribery and procedural fraud by a Bogotá court earlier Monday.

  • Tuesday, July 29th 2025 - 01:25 UTC

    Bogotá court finds Uribe guilty of bribery

    The rightwing leader became the first former head of State ever to be convicted

    Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez was found guilty Monday of witness tampering and procedural fraud, making him the first former head of state in the country to be convicted of a crime. The 73-year-old right-wing politician, who served as president from 2002 to 2010, was accused of attempting to bribe and pressure imprisoned paramilitaries to retract or alter their testimonies linking him to illegal armed groups.

  • Friday, July 25th 2025 - 20:13 UTC

    Petro orders all Colombian coal exports to Israel halted

    In Petro's view, 60% of the coal Israel uses for weapons manufacturing comes from Colombia

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro has ordered the National Navy to intercept and stop any ships carrying coal bound for Israel in response to what he considers to be a genocide in Gaza. Coal exports to Israel had been banned by decree in August 2024, except for pre-existing contracts. However, some government officials apparently disregarded that order.

  • Wednesday, July 9th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Progressive leaders' Summit in Santiago announced

    The gathering at La Moneda is expected to last about four hours

    Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font will host a “High-Level Meeting Democracy Forever” Summit on July 21 at the Palacio de la Moneda in Santiago with fellow progressive Presidents Yamandú Orsi (Uruguay), Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Brazil), and Gustavo Petro (Colombia), in addition to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.

  • Tuesday, July 8th 2025 - 21:57 UTC

    Rosa Villavicencio becomes Colombia's acting FM

    Villavicencio is known for her alignment with Chavism and for supporting Nicolás Maduro's controversial win last year

    Following the resignation of Laura Sarabia, Deputy Foreign Minister Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio has been promoted to acting Foreign Minister of Colombia, taking office on Tuesday.

  • Friday, July 4th 2025 - 14:03 UTC

    Colombian FM resigns over differences with President Petro

    Sarabia's departure added to Petro's internal crisis

    Laura Sarabia resigned this week as Colombia's Foreign Minister, citing “differences” with President Gustavo Petro in “recent days.” Her departure adds to a cabinet crisis that has seen over 50 ministerial changes in three years.

  • Thursday, July 3rd 2025 - 10:13 UTC

    Petro accuses former FM of plotting to overthrow him

    The legal action stems from leaked audio recordings in which Leyva allegedly discusses strategies to oust the president, including seeking “external support” from a foreign government

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro filed a lawsuit Wednesday against former Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva for allegedly plotting to remove him from power. The former official has been accused of treason, libel, slander, conspiracy to commit sedition, and incitement to commit a crime.

  • Tuesday, June 17th 2025 - 10:07 UTC

    Colombian Presidential hopeful in critical condition after last week's shooting

    The Senator was reported to be fighting for his life

    Colombian Senator and Presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay was reported to be in “extremely critical” condition Monday following emergency surgery for acute intracerebral bleeding caused by intense edema. He was shot twice in the head and once in the leg during a campaign event in the Modelia neighborhood in western Bogota last week.

  • Thursday, June 12th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    South America's leftwing leaders support CFK after court ruling

    Lula and Petro called CFK to express their solidarity

    Most of South America's leftwing leaders expressed their solidarity with former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), whose 6-year prison sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court (CSJN) earlier this week.