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Rubio vows to restore Colombia ties after leftist ‘mistakes’

September 9, 2026 admin

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio gives a press conference during a bilateral agreement signing ceremony with Colombia’s President Abelardo de la Espriella (out of frame) in Barranquilla, Colombia, on September 8, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowed on Tuesday (September 8, 2026) to rebuild relations with Colombia, saying…

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Colombia’s Petro says bombings on Ecuador border left 27 charred bodies

March 17, 2026 admin

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro and Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa. File | Photo Credit: AFP Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said on Tuesday (March 17, 2026) that ‌bombings which took place on the border with Ecuador have ⁠left 27 charred bodies, as his Ecuadorean counterpart, Daniel Noboa, said his country ‌was carrying out bombings in its own…

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Colombia inks $4.3 billion deal to buy Swedish warplanes

November 15, 2025 admin

Colombia inks .3 billion deal to buy Swedish warplanes

Colombian President Gustavo Petro. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Colombia has agreed to buy Swedish warplanes in a $4.3 billion deal with Saab, President Gustavo Petro said, as his country is locked in tension with the United States. The government had said back in April that it would acquire fighter planes from Saab but did…

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Colombia President Says Will Not Accept US Deportation Flights

January 26, 2025 admin

Colombia’s left-wing President Gustavo Petro said Sunday he would not allow US migrant deportation flights access to his country’s airspace. “The United States cannot treat Colombian migrants as criminals. I forbid entry to our territory to US planes carrying Colombian migrants,” Petro wrote on X, adding they would only be accepted once Washington had created…

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Colombia’s Presidential office manipulates video of President Gustavo Petro at United Nations to hype applause

September 23, 2023 admin

Columbian President Gustavo Petro. File | Photo Credit: AP The Colombian government manipulated a video to alter the applause received by President Gustavo Petro during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The Associated Press reviewed the video and was able to verify that it was altered. The recording released by…

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FARC dissidents kill four Colombian soldiers ahead of talks: Bogota

September 17, 2023 admin

A guerrilla fighter from the FARC dissidence Jaime Martinez stands guard near the town of Suarez, department of Cauca. File | Photo Credit: AFP Four Colombian Army soldiers were killed in fights with FARC dissidents a day before a meeting between the rebel group and the government to consolidate peace talks, Bogota’s Defense Ministry said…

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