News - COL
10 articles tagged COL, newest first
2026-08-27
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│ Colombia ends Total Peace strategy with │
│ armed groups │
│ large - UPI - unknown/unknown [COL] │
│ │
│ Colombia formally ended the Total Peace │
│ negotiation strategy with armed rebel │
│ groups on Aug 27 and resumed extraditions │
│ to the United States, with a Bloomberg │
│ follow-up on Aug 30 framing it as a blow to │
│ the peace process. Ending negotiations │
│ without a settlement returns the │
│ relationship with those groups to a purely │
│ military one, while resumed extradition is │
│ the most concrete measure of the bilateral │
│ security relationship functioning. │
│ │
│ https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/202 │
│ 6/08/27/latam-colombia-total-peace-strategy │
│ -ends/2221787850361/ │
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2026-08-19
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│ Colombia's former militants wait to see if │
│ de la Espriella honors Petro deal │
│ large - Bloomberg - independent/independent │
│ [COL] │
│ │
│ The new administration (inaugurated Aug 7) │
│ built a broad coalition cabinet despite an │
│ outsider campaign, with the peace-process │
│ commitments the open question as │
│ armed-group drone strikes continue at │
│ elevated levels (ACLED). All levels held │
│ this window. │
│ │
│ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/202 │
│ 6-08-19/colombia-s-former-militants-wait-to │
│ -see-if-de-la-espriella-honors-petro-deal │
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2026-08-07
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│ Colombia's new president vows to remake the │
│ country and challenge its fragile peace │
│ feature - NPR - independent/independent │
│ [COL] │
│ │
│ Abelardo de la Espriella was inaugurated │
│ Aug 7 in an orderly, unrest-free transfer │
│ held deliberately in Cali, pledging all-out │
│ war on narco-terrorism and fiscal austerity │
│ while inheriting a documented 8.1%-of-GDP │
│ deficit with the fiscal rule suspended; │
│ IAPA and FLIP flagged his 109-suit │
│ defamation history against journalists as a │
│ press-freedom warning. Stability improved │
│ -7 to -6 on the realized institutional │
│ pass; press freedom held pending conduct in │
│ office. │
│ │
│ https://www.npr.org/2026/08/07/nx-s1-592477 │
│ 5/colombias-new-president-vows-to-remake-th │
│ e-country-and-challenge-its-fragile-peace │
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2026-07-27
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│ Two alleged corruption cases threaten │
│ Petro's final weeks │
│ medium - ColombiaOne - unknown/unknown │
│ [COL] │
│ │
│ The presidential transition remains frozen │
│ going into the Aug 7 inauguration: Petro │
│ says he will not attend but promises a │
│ peaceful transfer, while two new alleged │
│ corruption cases hit his final weeks and │
│ the handover apparatus suspended July 7-8 │
│ has not restarted. Political stability held │
│ at -7; inauguration day decides direction. │
│ │
│ https://colombiaone.com/2026/07/26/colombia │
│ -two-alleged-corruption-cases-threaten-petr │
│ os-final-weeks/ │
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2026-07-20
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│ En vivo: marchas este 20 de julio en la │
│ capital del pais │
│ medium - Semana - unknown/tilt [COL] │
│ │
│ Petro's July 20 mobilizations ran 195+ │
│ actions across 26 departments (some │
│ TransMilenio vandalism, 22 arrests, │
│ localized youth-police clashes); │
│ president-elect De la Espriella held a │
│ separate parallel agenda. The Aug 7 │
│ inauguration-venue standoff is unresolved: │
│ held Colombia political_stability at -7, │
│ confidence up. │
│ │
│ https://www.semana.com/minuto-a-minuto/arti │
│ culo/en-vivo-marchas-este-20-de-julio-siga- │
│ la-jornada-de-protestas-en-la-capital-del-p │
│ ais/202111/ │
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2026-07-14
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│ Abelardo de la Espriella confirmed he will │
│ be inaugurated at a military garrison in │
│ the south of the country │
│ feature - Infobae - unknown/independent │
│ [COL] │
│ │
│ The transition rupture escalated to the │
│ handover itself: Petro barred military │
│ installations from hosting the Aug 7 │
│ inauguration (law requires a ceremony │
│ before Congress in Bogota), De la Espriella │
│ ratified July 14 he will be sworn in at a │
│ southern garrison regardless, and Petro │
│ called July 20 marches. Drove Colombia │
│ political_stability -6 to -7 and │
│ rule_of_law -3 to -4. │
│ │
│ https://www.infobae.com/colombia/2026/07/14 │
│ /abelardo-de-la-espriella-confirmo-que-se-p │
│ osesionara-en-una-guarnicion-militar-en-el- │
│ sur-del-pais/ │
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2026-07-13
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│ Gustavo Petro blocks Abelardo de la │
│ Espriella's inauguration from taking place │
│ at a Colombian military installation │
│ medium - La Republica (Peru) - │
│ unknown/independent [COL] │
│ │
│ Petro's July 13 order that no military │
│ establishment may host the presidential │
│ inauguration, citing his constitutional │
│ powers - the sitting president wielding │
│ military orders against the transition. │
│ Corroborates the Colombia rule_of_law move. │
│ │
│ https://larepublica.pe/mundo/2026/07/13/gus │
│ tavo-petro-impide-que-la-posesion-de-abelar │
│ do-de-la-espriella-se-realice-en-una-instal │
│ acion-militar-de-colombia-130312 │
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2026-07-07
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│ Petro denies De la Espriella's legitimacy │ │ Gustavo Petro insists on electoral fraud │
│ and the president-elect suspends the │ │ and rejects De la Espriella's election │
│ transition │ │ medium - Infobae - unknown/independent │
│ feature - CNN en Espanol - │ │ [COL] │
│ excluded/independent [COL] │ │ │
│ │ │ Petro alleged a server tied to an Israeli │
│ On July 7 president-elect De la Espriella │ │ firm manipulated vote-counting algorithms; │
│ suspended the handover after Petro refused │ │ El Tiempo reported cybersecurity experts │
│ to recognize his June-21 win and alleged │ │ debunked the claim the same day. A sitting │
│ unproven 'algorithm fraud' - the first │ │ president rejecting certified results │
│ formal rupture in the empalme ahead of the │ │ without evidence: Colombia rule_of_law -2 │
│ Aug 7 transfer. Colombia │ │ to -3. │
│ political_stability -4 to -6. │ │ │
│ │ │ https://www.infobae.com/colombia/2026/07/07 │
│ https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2026/07/07/colom │ │ /gustavo-petro-insistio-en-fraude-electoral │
│ bia/petro-desconoce-espriella-proceso-trans │ │ -y-rechazo-la-eleccion-de-de-la-espriella-c │
│ icion-orix │ │ omo-presidente-mis-declaraciones-son-graves │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ -pero-no-irresponsables/ │
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2026-06-21
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│ Colombia 2026 presidential election │
│ results: De la Espriella, president-elect │
│ small - El Tiempo - unknown/independent │
│ [COL] │
│ │
│ Right-wing outsider Abelardo de la │
│ Espriella won the June 21 runoff by a razor │
│ margin over Ivan Cepeda, a first-time │
│ realignment away from the Petro bloc; │
│ handover set for Aug 7. Colombia │
│ political_stability held at -4 │
│ (announced-not-implemented transition). │
│ │
│ https://www.eltiempo.com/politica/eleccione │
│ s-colombia-2026/resultados-segunda-vuelta-p │
│ residencial-2026 │
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