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The leaders of Colombia and Venezuela will hold talks in Caracas Tuesday, the first meeting at presidential level since the neighbors reestablished diplomatic ties after a three-year break, the presidency in Bogota said. Colombias leftist new president Gustavo Petro will meet counterpart Nicolas Ma ..

Burgeoning cocaine production, escalating insecurity and lawlessness are creating an unsafe environement for Colombia’s strategically important oil industry

Several protests against a planned reform that would increase taxes on the wealthy to fund social programmes were held across Colombia on Saturday. The proposal is being promoted by President Gustavo Petro, the first elected socialist leader of the South American nation. "Today, we ask the government to take into account the productive sector of the country, to understand that tax reform is not needed in the way they are doing it," businessman Alvaro Aparicio, 58, told AFP in Bogota.

The tax reform project presented by the government aims to tax the wealthier classes more to finance social programs against poverty and inequality with new resources

BOGOTÁ, Oct 23, 2022 (BSS/AFP) - Thousands of Colombians rallied nationwide Saturday against a proposed reform that would raise taxes

On June 19, 2022, for the first time in its history, Colombia elected a leftist president, Gustavo Petro, and will now have a leftist government. This historic departure from Colombia's traditional right-leaning and U.S.-aligned foreign policy led many countries, among them Iran, to rejoice at the prospect of the opportunities presented by the new president.

Countries around the world are grappling with issues generated by coronavirus tracking applications – and Colombia's CoronApp is unlikely to win any prizes.

Travellers arriving in Colombia from China, Italy, Spain and France will be “obliged” to quarantine themselves for 14 days – or face deportation and fines.

Colombia protests: All over the country people took the streets for a national strike, to protest against the government and some of the legislation.

Leftist ex-guerrilla Gustavo Petro has been a vocal defender of Palestine, and his presidency may open the door to improved relations