BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia witnessed killings of 215 social leaders and human rights activists in 2022, the highest toll ever recorded, as illegal armed groups intensified their attacks in key ...

Colombia is sliding toward a full-blown fiscal and economic crisis as rising violence, falling oil output, collapsing foreign ...

BOGOTA, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Colombia was the deadliest country for environmentalists in 2022, with at least 60 environmental and land rights defenders killed there, British advocacy group Global ...

BOGOTA, May 16 (Reuters) - Deforestation in Colombia during 2022 is forecast to have fallen by up to 10% versus the previous year, Environment Minister Susana Muhamad said on Tuesday, citing ...

Illegal mining grew 11% in southern Colombia in 2022. A recent report analyzing alluvial gold mining in Colombia suggests that the role of organized crime groups in this industry is larger than ...

The U.S.-Colombia ties have soured since U.S. President Donald Trump took office. Colombia’s President Petro has been erecting barriers to oil and gas development since taking office in 2022. Colombia ...

Between 2001 and 2022, the municipality of Tibú in northern Colombia lost 150,000 soccer fields’ worth of tree cover, with coca cultivation one of the key drivers of the deforestation. While minor ...

Since taking office in August 2022, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has pursued an ambitious agenda—with mixed results. Colombian President Gustavo Petro looks on before the 2024 Colombia ...

BOGOTA, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Colombia's mining industry hit a record 6.13 trillion pesos ($1.32 billion) in royalties last year, the Colombian Mining Association (ACM) said on Thursday. The record ...

The Bank of the Republic stated that Colombia had had favorable growth in tourism because, at the end of 2023, it had a record income of $9 billion from air passenger transportation and travel, which ...