Rising tensions between the US and Colombia suggest Donald Trump’s administration is upping the pressure on the Andean nation ahead of a decision on its certification in the fight against illegal ...

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

According to the respected Spanish newspaper, El País, it was former Colombian Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva who actually ...

The U.S. State Department has recalled its top diplomat in Colombia for urgent consultations. The move follows comments from ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro thinks legalizing cocaine will combat drug trafficking. President Petro addressed Colombians during a six-hour broadcast to discuss various topics, including why ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

The Gulf Clan was born out of the right-wing paramilitary groups that fought leftist guerrillas in the 1990s before turning their attention to the cocaine trade. President Gustavo Petro has ...

Increasingly, the groups are smuggling coca paste — cheap, unrefined cocaine - to laboratories as far away as Italy and the ...

Gustavo Petro has frequently dismissed such claims and did so again yesterday. Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has frequently downplayed the effects of cocaine. (EPA Images pic) ...