Colombian President Gustavo Petro has said that “cocaine is no worse than whisky,” as he suggested the multibillion dollar illicit trade in the drug could be “easily dismantled” if it was ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has tried to ease tensions with the U.S. by clarifying controversial remarks.

Rising tensions between the US and Colombia suggest Donald Trump’s administration is upping the pressure on the Andean nation ...

It is worth remembering that Colombia is slated to hold presidential elections in May 2026, which Petro is certain to seek re ...

A United Nations report found a rise in users, confiscation and deaths as cocaine trafficking expands into Africa and Asia, ...

Relations between Colombia and the United States are growing increasingly strained—a crisis caught between political ...

Increasingly, the groups are smuggling coca paste — cheap, unrefined cocaine - to laboratories as far away as Italy and the Netherlands to be processed into the final powder.

The attack was carried out using an "equine loaded with explosives" and sent toward a platoon of soldiers, the governor said.

Colombia is reeling from a high-stakes political scandal after explosive audio leaks revealed a secret plot —allegedly ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro attempts to ease tensions with the US after controversial accusations against US officials. A leaked letter reveals his efforts to clarify his stance and propose a US ...

Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s first leftist president, made the announcement in front of cheering crowds in the capital that had gathered for International Workers’ Day. By Genevieve Glatsky Leer ...