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  • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
    News in-depthGlobal migration
    Panama warns of surge in US-bound migration through deadly jungle

    People fleeing poverty and repression are often unaware of dangers of terrain infested by bandits and snakes

  • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
    ECOPETROL SA
    Colombia’s energy transition should be gradual, warns Ecopetrol chief

    State-owned group has embarked on shift but says replacements will take ‘time, effort and money’

  • Friday, 3 March, 2023
    Colombia protesters release kidnapped police officers and oil workers

    Demonstrations demanding better road infrastructure had targeted oilfield owned by subsidiary of China’s Sinochem

  • Sunday, 26 February, 2023
    News in-depth
    Colombia’s president returns to his revolutionary roots

    Gustavo Petro calls on supporters to ‘rise up’ against elites as he moves to expand state control over the economy

  • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
    News in-depthWar in Ukraine
    ‘We are for peace’: Latin America rejects pleas to send weapons to Ukraine

    Tradition of non-interventionism prompts region’s leftwing leaders to snub pleas from US and Europe

  • Sunday, 15 January, 2023
    News in-depth
    Colombia’s $20bn takeover battle turns ugly after year-long fight

    Allegations of media favouritism and poor governance fly as stakes rise for billionaire Jaime Gilinski

  • Saturday, 31 December, 2022
    Travel
    The big hotel openings of 2023

    From Rome’s ‘most luxurious hotel ever’, to tented suites in Bhutan and Christian Louboutin’s Portuguese retreat

  • Monday, 12 December, 2022
    World
    Exclusive photographs: the incomprehensible costs of Colombia’s cocaine trade

    How decades of conflict have touched every corner of the country

  • Friday, 25 November, 2022
    Art in the Americas
    Artist Karen Lamassonne: ‘Often what’s just outside the square is the really interesting thing’

    Her frank portrayals of her life and body have attracted controversy and acclaim

  • Monday, 21 November, 2022
    Colombia to resume peace talks with largest remaining rebel group

    President Gustavo Petro, himself a former guerrilla, has called for ‘total peace’ with insurgents

  • Sunday, 20 November, 2022
    Colombia signals rethink on pledge to curb oil and gas exploration

    Finance minister says government will review existing contracts before deciding whether to halt new projects

  • Tuesday, 25 October, 2022
    Colombia’s tax chief defends reform plan targeting oil and coal

    The sector has pushed back against plans to fund social spending with tax rises

  • Monday, 10 October, 2022
    Travel
    In the mountains and jungles of Colombia’s far south, a birdwatching paradise

    In the mountains and jungles of southern Colombia, the diversity of avian life is unrivalled — and uplifting

  • Wednesday, 21 September, 2022
    News in-depth
    Colombia’s battle against Amazon deforestation: ‘The jungle is disappearing’

    Leftwing government launches crackdown on illegal clearances to tackle destruction of rainforest

  • Monday, 12 September, 2022
    Interview
    Colombia plans environmental licences for mining exploration

    New leftist government seeks to overhaul way concessions are granted in minerals-dependent economy

  • Wednesday, 31 August, 2022
    Colombia’s new leftwing president tries to mend bridges with Venezuela

    After years of tension, formal ties have been re-established following arrival of ambassadors in both capitals

  • Saturday, 13 August, 2022
    News in-depthAmericas companies
    The battle for Colombia’s most powerful business group

    Billionaire’s swoop on corporate alliance has shaken decades-old network of more than 100 companies

  • Friday, 12 August, 2022
    Colombia’s Petro pushes tax reform to fund ambitious social agenda

    New leftist government’s proposal targets country’s wealthiest residents and commodities exports

  • Monday, 8 August, 2022
    Petro sworn in as Colombia’s president in historic ceremony

    Former urban guerrilla to lead South American country’s most leftwing government

  • Sunday, 7 August, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The challenges for Latin America’s new left

    Incoming presidents face a daunting agenda, above all delivering strong growth

  • Thursday, 4 August, 2022
    Colombia’s military eyes new president Petro with ‘deep unease’

    Former leftwing guerrilla navigates tense relations with country’s armed forces as he prepares to take office

  • Monday, 18 July, 2022
    News in-depthAmericas politics & policy
    Colombia and Venezuela poised for a reset of relations under Petro

    Incoming leftwing president faces tricky task of trying to fix problems without getting too close to the Maduro regime

  • Sunday, 17 July, 2022
    Travelista
    Compelling cultural happenings for Italophiles

    Artisans in Florence, boat races in Venice and an extraordinary show of might in Lazio – what to see and where to stay this September

  • Friday, 15 July, 2022
    InterviewJosé Antonio Ocampo
    Colombia’s incoming finance minister seeks to assuage corporate concerns

    José Antonio Ocampo says leftwing government will place tax reform burden on rich individuals and not companies

  • Saturday, 9 July, 2022
    News in-depth
    Colombians look to Miami as Petro’s election sparks capital flight fears

    Inquiries to buy US properties rise as leftwing president targets the wealthy and extractive industries

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