Latest news

Court orders release of Medellin Cartel founder Carlos Lehder

by Adriaan Alsema March 31, 2025

Colombia arrests Medellin Cartel founder Carlos Lehder

by Adriaan Alsema March 29, 2025

Bogota court dismisses Uribe defense’s bias claim, orders trial resumption

by Adriaan Alsema March 27, 2025

Colombia’s Supreme Court opens new Uribe investigation

by Adriaan Alsema March 27, 2025

Travel

Colombia preparing tropical paradise for tourism after 500 years of chaos

by Adriaan Alsema January 31, 2023

Colombia grants popular Parque Tayrona three vacations a year

by Adriaan Alsema January 23, 2020

The ever-changing religious significance of Bogota’s Monserrate hill

by Adriaan Alsema January 9, 2020

Colombia closes popular beaches due to overcrowding

by Adriaan Alsema January 6, 2020

Analysis

China’s secretive investments in Colombia

by Adriaan Alsema February 13, 2023

US agrees to revise “free trade” treaty with Colombia: officials

by Adriaan Alsema January 7, 2023

Colombia’s ceasefire is real, but is it bilateral?

by Adriaan Alsema January 6, 2023

The risks and opportunities of ceasefires with Colombia’s illegal armed groups

by Adriaan Alsema January 2, 2023

How money laundering may inflate US-Colombia trade statistics

by Adriaan Alsema October 14, 2022

Will Colombia combat drug trafficking despite the US?

by Adriaan Alsema September 21, 2022

How Colombia’s “Total Peace” plans could disrupt the global drug trade

by Adriaan Alsema September 19, 2022

How Petro plans to achieve “Total Peace” in Colombia

by Adriaan Alsema September 7, 2022

Culture

How hostility to the press ended up isolating Colombia’s government

by Adriaan Alsema July 31, 2022

Colombia’s least honest media personalities

by Adriaan Alsema November 11, 2021

How Colombia’s far-right TV personalities get people killed

by Adriaan Alsema July 30, 2021

Colombia: a country with no history of its civilizations

by Adriaan Alsema June 14, 2021