Venezuela and Colombia fully reopen shared border

Petro and his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolas Maduro, appointed ambassadors in Caracas and Bogota, respectively.

2 January 2023

Colombia cabinet shuffle, health reform cause markets to wobble

Economists also questioned how the health reform will be financed.

1 March 2023

Children who survived in Colombia jungle will tell own story

The children, aged 1 through 13, survived a May 1 plane crash that killed their mother and two other adults.

12 June 2023

Colombia, Brazil presidents pledge cooperation to protect Amazon

The coming summit is an attempt to move the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization nations to act together.

9 July 2023

Colombian children found alive in jungle weeks after plane crash

The four children, aged 13, 9 and 4, as well as an 11-month-old baby, survived the impact.

18 May 2023

Child plane crash survivors in "acceptable" state of health

The youngest of the children turned one while in the jungle, while her brother had his fifth birthday, he said. The other sister is nine.

11 June 2023

Colombia was deadliest country for environmentalists in 2022

Brazil and Mexico were the second and third most deadly countries for environmentalists in 2022.

13 September 2023