Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was attacked with a bag of mice during a session of Congress on Tuesday, prompting condemnation from all sides of the political spectrum.

Colombia presented a complaint to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, on Wednesday over the “arbitrary detention” of 59 of its citizens by the Maduro regime in Venezuela.

A group of leaders from different religious traditions in Colombia have united in a common quest to protect the tropical rainforests and the land rights of indigenous peoples.

The Venezuelan socialist regime is allowing Colombia’s Marxist National Liberation Army (ELN) terrorists to operate in at least 12 Venezuelan states, a report revealed on Tuesday.

Contents: Venezuela’s refugees crisis soars, as economic disaster reaches new levels; Number of migrants leaving Venezuela reaches three million

Venezuela’s defense minister announced Monday that he had ordered additional troops to the Colombian border after alleged “paramilitaries” killed three Venezuelan soldiers this weekend.

Venezuelan refugees who have fled to Colombia are using their old currency to make and sell art in the street, local outlet La Opinión reported this week.

Sick Venezuelan refugees are spreading disease across neighboring countries such as Brazil and Colombia due to the collapse of their own country’s health care system, a report from The Wall Street Journal has detailed. 

Colombia is preparing to receive around four million Venezuelans over the coming years as the humanitarian crisis under Nicolás Maduro’s socialist dictatorship continues to worsen. 

Nearly two million people have fled Venezuela since 2015 as the economic and humanitarian catastrophe under Nicolás Maduro’s socialist regime continues to fester international alarm.

Venezuelan socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro made his way to New York Wednesday to address the United Nations General Assembly, where he accused the United States of orchestrating a terrorist attack against him and, without mentioning the grave humanitarian crisis his government created, declared, “Venezuela is stronger than ever.”

Colombia’s conservative president Iván Duque made his first address to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, demanding global intervention to stop the socialist dictatorship in Venezuela from “annihilating the freedoms” of its people.

Five prominent Latin American democracies will ask the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday to investigate Nicolás Maduro’s socialist regime in Venezuela on charges of crimes against humanity.

U.S. President Donald Trump, while speaking at the United Nations Monday, attributed hardline conservative Iván Duque’s recent presidential election victory over his leftist opponent in Colombia to his aggressive anti-drugs policy at a time when the country is reportedly producing more cocaine than ever.

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime revealed in a report Wednesday that Colombia produced record yields of cocaine in 2017, a major blow to joint U.S.-Colombian investment in dissuading peasants from harvesting coca leaf and an outcome some conservatives predicted as inevitable to peace talks with the Marxist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

Colombia, Canada, and Guyana refused to sign a declaration ruling out a military solution to the crisis in Venezuela on Sunday, agreeing with comments by the head of the Organization of American States.

Contents: Latin American countries open their borders to migrants from Socialist Venezuela; Venezuela’s Socialist president Maduro refuses humanitarian aid

TEL AVIV – Colombia’s new president Ivan Duque on Monday said that he would not walk back his predecessor’s decision last month to recognize a Palestinian state. “Damage was done by the fact that there was not more institutional discussion.

Venezuela’s socialist regime accepted humanitarian aid in the form of medical assistance from China this week in an effort to diminish the impact of the collapse of the nation’s health care system.

Nearly all of the criminal illegal and legal immigrants incarcerated in American prisons derive from six countries in Central and South America. 

Contents: Colombia’s president Ivan Duque takes office amidst accusations from Venezuela; Brief generational history of Colombia

Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab said on Monday that the masterminds of Saturday’s drone assassination attempt against President Nicolas Maduro have been identified and two drone pilots are under arrest.

Venezuelan police announced six arrests on Sunday with the promise of more to come following an alleged assassination attempt against President Nicolas Maduro using explosive-laden drones. Maduro ally President Evo Morales of Bolivia accused the U.S. government of masterminding the plot, a charge swiftly denied by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Adviser John Bolton.

The United States announced on Monday a further $6 million aid package to help Venezuelan refugees fleeing the neighboring country of Colombia. 

Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro claimed in remarks Thursday that the United States wishes to engineer an “armed confrontation” between Venezuelan troops and Colombian paramilitaries.

One of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro’s socialist lawmakers warned on Monday that the military would bomb Colombia should the Trump administration employ a military solution against the regime. 

Colombia’s conservative right clinched a decisive victory Sunday, handing the reins of the country over to now President-elect Iván Duque.

Colombia officially declared conservative candidate Iván Duque the winner of Sunday’s presidential election after decisively defeating his hard-left opponent Gustavo Petro.

Colombia will see its top two presidential candidates – law-and-order conservative Iván Duque and leftist former guerrilla fighter Gustavo Petro – move on to a runoff vote after Duque won Sunday’s election with 39.14 percent of the vote.

Colombia is preparing to vote to replace President Juan Manuel Santos on Sunday, in an election with significant implications for both the United States and the region as a whole.