By: Insight Crime October 11, 2022 On the morning of October 7, 2009, prison guards in the west Colombian state of Arauca were tasked with a simple but terrifying task:…
Category: COLOMBIA
Rebels and Paramilitaries: Colombia’s Guerrillas in Venezuela
By: Insight Crime October 11, 2022 For the last two years, Venezuelan states along the Colombian border have experienced firsthand the death and destruction of a war they had spent…
How Venezuela Became a Cemetery for the ex-FARC Mafia Leadership
By: Insight Crime October 11, 2022 On the night of May 4, 2022, an explosion cut through a guerrilla camp in the Venezuelan border state of Zulia. The bomb, placed…
Colombia’s President Petro Challenges US Anti-Drug Policy in UN Speech
September 27, 2022 The new president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, lambasted the US’ decades-long war on drugs in Latin America in a speech at the United Nations General Assembly, confirming…
ELN and Urabeños War Again in Northern Colombia
August 23, 2022 Armed confrontations between two of Colombia’s most prominent criminal groups have broken a three-year period of relative calm in the northern department of Bolívar, despite both groups…
Can the ELN and Colombia’s Government Chart a New Path Towards Peace?
BY JUAN DIEGO POSADA August 16, 2022 Colombia’s last remaining guerrilla group, the ELN, is ready to start peace talks with the new government. Should these get going, it might…
Cartels await Venezuelan migrants in Colombia says Crisis Report!
By: Staff Writer August 12, 2022 The International Crisis Group released a report detailing how 2.5m Venezuelan migrants living in Colombia after fleeing their home country on humanitarian grounds now…
Colombia moves left with Petro!
By: Staff Writer June 21, 2022 Gustavo Petro, a former member of the M-19 guerrilla movement, who has vowed profound social and economic change, won Colombia’s presidency on Sunday, the…
OAS Deploys Electoral Observation Mission for the Second Round of Presidential Elections in Colombia
June 10, 2022 The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) for the second round of the presidential elections to be held in Colombia on June 19…
Colombia presidential elections headed to the second round on Jun 19!
By: Staff Writer May 31, 2022 Colombian presidential elections are heading into the second round this coming Jun 19 with left-wing former senator ahead of the pack and a surging…
OAS Electoral Observation Mission Greets the Colombian People after the May 29 Presidential Elections
May 31, 2022 The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS), headed by the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Paraguay Eladio Loizaga, greets the people of…
Colombian elections this Sunday- Here’s the candidate matchup!
By: Staff Writer May 24, 2022 Colombia’s presidential elections are going to be held this Sunday, May 29 us and there’s a lot of discussion about who might win, who…