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Colombia resumes peace talks with guerrilla

Colombia's government and the left-wing guerrilla group National Liberation Army (ELN) have agreed to resume the interrupted peace process. In a joint statement, the parties say they will resume peace talks on November 19, two months after President Gustavo Petro broke off the talks following an ELN attack on a military base that killed three and injured 28 soldiers.

Colombia resumes peace talks with guerrilla

Colombia Buys Jas Gripen

Colombia is on its way to buying Jas Gripen from the defense company Saab. This according to Sveriges Radio Ekot, which refers to local media reports.

Colombia Buys Jas Gripen

Pressure on Maduro: Prove Your Election Victory

Colombia is pressing Venezuela's leader Nicolás Maduro to prove his disputed election victory earlier this year. Venezuela's government-friendly election authority needs to provide a more detailed account of the voting procedure and voter lists by January 10 at the latest – when socialist leader Maduro's current mandate expires, announces Colombia's Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo: "Otherwise, Colombia, as the president (Gustavo Petro) has already made clear, will not recognize the results.

Pressure on Maduro: Prove Your Election Victory

Maduro urged to hold new election

The pressure is increasing on Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro after the disputed election in July. The Presidents of Brazil and Colombia propose a new election as a way out of the crisis.

Maduro urged to hold new election

Colombia bans bullfighting

Colombia bans bullfighting from 2026. As late as 2018, the Constitutional Court recognized bullfighting as part of Colombia's cultural tradition, and every year around 300 events are held in the country.

Colombia bans bullfighting

Colombia: Rebel group agrees to ceasefire

One of the largest factions that left the former Farc guerrilla, Segunda Marquetalia, agrees to an agreement with the Colombian government on a ceasefire and the release of hostages, the two parties announce in a statement. The talks in Venezuela's capital Caracas began on Monday and are the third under President Gustavo Petro, who is trying to put an end to 60 years of conflict between the country's security forces, guerrilla groups, paramilitary groups, and drug gangs.

Colombia: Rebel group agrees to ceasefire

Colombia stops coal export to Israel

Colombia will stop exporting coal to Israel due to the war in Gaza, Colombian President Gustavo Petro announces. "We will break off coal exports to Israel until they stop the genocide," Petro writes on X.

Colombia stops coal export to Israel