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Colombian ex-president Uribe guilty of witness tampering
AFP, Published on 29/07/2025
» BOGOTá - A Colombian court on Monday found Alvaro Uribe guilty of witness tampering, making him the South American country's first ex-president to be convicted of a crime.
Colombian presidential candidate shot and wounded
AFP, Published on 08/06/2025
» BOGOTá - A Colombian right-wing opposition senator and candidate to next year's presidential election was in intensive care Saturday after being shot during a campaign event in Bogota, authorities said.
Colombia's most-wanted drug lord 'Otoniel' captured
AFP, Published on 24/10/2021
» BOGOTA - Colombia's most-wanted drug trafficker "Otoniel" has been captured, officials said Saturday, a major victory for the government of the world's top cocaine exporter.
Colombia offers B25m reward in attack on leader's copter
AFP, Published on 27/06/2021
» BOGOTA: The Colombian government said Saturday it is offering a reward of nearly $800,000 (25 million baht) for information leading to the capture of those behind an attack Friday on a helicopter carrying President Ivan Duque near the Venezuela border.
Pressure mounts on Colombia as protests begin second week
AFP, Published on 06/05/2021
» BOGOTA - Thousands of demonstrators poured into Colombia's streets Wednesday to protest the policies of President Ivan Duque, the eighth straight day of protests that have left at least 24 dead and hundreds wounded.
FARC peace deal under threat as right closes on Colombia presidency
AFP, Published on 17/06/2018
» BOGOTA - Colombians choose a new president Sunday in a landmark election, the first since a peace agreement with FARC rebels which conservative frontrunner Ivan Duque wants to overhaul.
Anti-FARC conservative wins in Colombia, faces leftist in runoff
AFP, Published on 28/05/2018
» BOGOTA - Conservative candidate Ivan Duque won the first round of Colombia's presidential election Sunday but fell short of the 50 percent threshold needed to avoid a runoff next month.
Colombians vote in elections seen as test for peace deal
AFP, Published on 11/03/2018
» BOGOTA - Colombia votes Sunday to elect a new Congress with a resurgent right, bitterly opposed to a peace deal that allows leftist former rebels to participate, expected to poll strongly.
Colombian Congress ratifies peace deal with FARC
AFP, Published on 01/12/2016
» BOGOTA - Colombia's Congress unanimously approved a peace deal with FARC guerrillas to end more than a half-century of civil war, lawmakers said.
Hot spots in Colombia's peace accord
AFP, Published on 24/11/2016
» BOGOTA - Colombia's government and leftist FARC rebels plan to sign a revised peace accord on Thursday but opponents complain it does not go far enough.