Colombian politics

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WATCH: Colombia's army apologises to relatives of disappeared people

Colombia's army apologised for the first time on Tuesday for the deaths of civilians executed by soldiers to inflate performance numbers as they fought leftist guerrillas.

04/10/2023

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Watch: Anti bullfighting demo in Colombia ahead of debate

Watch: Anti bullfighting demo in Colombia ahead of debate

29/03/2023

Colombia

Ex-rebel, businessman to compete in Colombia presidential runoff

Colombian voters have opted for a dramatic change in presidential politics, choosing a leftist former rebel and an outsider populist businessman to advance to a runoff election in June, amid growing discontent over inequality and rising inflation.

30/05/2022

Green News

Euroviews. Will Colombia's next president finally put the environment first?

Gustavo Petro is the current frontrunner for the Colombian Presidential election.

27/05/2022

Colombia

Colombia's Ingrid Betancourt announces presidential run

Betancourt's run for the presidency starts months after other candidates.

19/01/2022

Nature

Colombian farmers take on David vs. Goliath fight to stop gold mining

Colombia’s land and communities are under threat from companies looking to extract precious metals.

08/12/2021

Colombia

Court in Colombia set to rule on decriminalising abortion

It is currently a crime punishable by between one and four years in prison.

19/11/2021

Colombia

Everyone 'safe' after Colombia president's helicopter attacked

A helicopter carrying Colombian President Iván Duque and several senior officials came under fire in a region bordering Venezuela, Duque said.

26/06/2021

Colombia

Latin America protest wave crashes into Colombia

Bolivia, Chile and Ecuador are among Latin American countries to see protests in recent months. Now it's Colombia's turn.

22/11/2019

Colombia

Already hosting a million refugees, Colombia still has 'open arms'

The Colombian president's language on immigration contrasts sharply with that of European leaders.

27/10/2018

World

'Dialogue with a dictator doesn't produce results': Colombian President Iván Duque

Three months into his tenure as the new president of Colombia, Iván Duque speaks with Euronews' Ana Lazaro Bosch about his vision for the future of his country and an integrated South America.

26/10/2018

Colombia

Colombia coca cultivation at 'all-time high', UN warns

Colombia's 2017 cocaine production is estimated to have a value of $2.7 billion (€2.3 billion).

20/09/2018

Colombia

Colombia’s President Ivan Duque sworn in pledging to unite divided nation

The right-wing leader, who takes over from Juan Manuel Santos, has taken office vowing to heal divisions and improve a peace deal with the FARC rebel movement.

08/08/2018

Colombia

Colombia chooses a new president

The two would-be successors to President Santos could be more different from each other.

17/06/2018

Europe News

Colombia: irreversible peace?

Euronews speaks to Colombia's incumbent president -Juan Manuel Santos- about how the crucial upcoming elections will impact the country's delicate peace process.

04/06/2018

Colombia

Fears for landmark peace accord as Colombia votes

Ivan Duque wins the first round of Colombia's presidential election, raising concerns that the 2016 peace accord with FARC rebels could be under threat.

28/05/2018

Colombia

Colombians vote in high-stakes presidential election

Colombians head to the polls in the first round of presidential elections on Sunday

26/05/2018

Colombia

Colombia's conservatives leave Farc behind in elections

Colombia’s conservatives storm ahead in the elections, leaving the Farc lagging behind, but no party wins an overall majority.

12/03/2018

World

Colombia's ELN stand their ground while talking peace

The last major armed rebel group in Colombia, the ELN, is struggling to finalise peace terms with the government ahead of a January ceasefire deadline.

13/12/2017

Colombia

Former rebel group registers as political party in Colombia

Former fighters of what was once Colombia's largest rebel group are completing the final steps to become a new political party

10/10/2017