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Colombian President Gustavo Petro signed a decree on Sunday outlawing exports of coal to Israel.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’s DHS released a Colombian gang leader, wanted for murder in his home country, into the United States.

The governments of Colombia and Peru reportedly began plans on Tuesday to reinforce their borders out of concern that the ongoing political chaos in Venezuela – triggered by a sham presidential election the White House pressured the country to hold – will prompt a new wave of mass migration.

Lawmakers from at least six countries said Chinese diplomats were pressuring them not to attend a China-focused conference in Taiwan.

Law enforcement authorities have identified over 7,000 people who stormed the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida, for the Copa América soccer tournament final this month, the Qatari outlet BeIN Media reported on Tuesday, and many may face fines, prison, or even deportation.

Police in New York City are warning residents of a drug from Colombia named tusi that has been flooding the Big Apple.

The drug policy changes that Colombia’s far-left President Gustavo Petro enacted have led to a dramatic surge in cocaine production.

Members of Uruguay’s national soccer team engaged in a physical altercation with fans of their rival Colombia on Wednesday in a North Carolina stadium.

Panama has begun installing barbed wire to block crossings used by U.S.-bound migrants to pass through the Darién Gap, according to a report.

A poll published on Wednesday found that 62 percent of Colombians believe the nation’s radical leftist President Gustavo Petro will try to modify the country’s Constitution to stay in power beyond his presidential term.

Colombia’s far-left President Gustavo Petro denied on Tuesday that his government engages in illegal wiretapping after several magistrates — including members of the highest branch of the Supreme Court of Justice — accused government intelligence officials of spying on them.

Gali Dagan, the now-former Israeli ambassador to Colombia, left his position on Thursday after Colombia’s far-left, pro-Hamas President Gustavo Petro cut all ties with Israel in May.

Colombia’s far-left President Gustavo Petro designated a hat that once belonged to Carlos Pizarro — one of the founders of the Marxist M19 terrorist guerrilla Petro was part of — part of Colombia’s “cultural heritage” on Tuesday.

Chiquita Brands, the famous banana company, was ordered by a federal jury on Wednesday to pay $38.3 million to the family members of people killed by the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), a paramilitary group it funded during the 1990s and early 2000s.

Colombia’s far-left President Gustavo Petro accused the United States government on Monday of allegedly being run by “Nazis” who are purportedly conducting an “experiment” in Gaza comparable to the Holocaust.

Colombia’s top diplomat Luis Gilberto Murillo said his socialist government will “insist” to “the global north” they stop supporting Israel.

The administration of Colombia’s far-left President Gustavo Petro — which recently cut all diplomatic ties with Israel — will open an embassy in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Foreign Minister Luis Murillo announced on Wednesday.

The leftist authoritarian regimes in Latin America expressed public condolences to Iran on Monday over the death of President Ebrahim Raisi.

President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security released an illegal alien convicted killer from Colombia into the U.S.

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of committing “genocide.”

Colombian far-left President Gustavo Petro announced on Wednesday that he would cut diplomatic relations with Israel on Thursday over its “genocide” in Gaza.

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro denounced the disappearance of more than a million pieces of ammunition and weapons from 2 military bases.

Colombia’s Regulatory Commission of Energy and Gas announced measures to impose hefty surcharges on power bills of those who “waste energy.”

Roughly half a million Colombians took to the streets of the nation’s main cities on Sunday to protest against far-left President Gustavo Petro.

Far-left Colombian President Gustavo Petro declared Friday, April 19, the first day of a yearly “Civic Day of Peace with Nature.”

Colombia’s capital city, Bogotá, will begin rolling water rationing on Thursday for at least a year, Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán announced.

The Colombian government asked its citizens to denounce TikTok accounts that are being used by the Marxist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) terrorist organization to recruit minors into its ranks, Colombia’s Communications Minister Mauricio Lizcano announced Thursday.

Colombian far-left President Gustavo Petro suffered a major defeat on Wednesday after the Colombian Congress voted to shelve his controversial leftist healthcare reform bill, with nine members of the corresponding Senate commission voting in favor and five against.

The Marxist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) terrorist organization announced this weekend the creation of a unit within the group to carry out criminal activities across four Colombian regions.

A report in Colombian media accused Venezuela of using the brutal Tren de Aragua gang to persecute dissidents abroad.

Colombian far-left President Gustavo Petro expelled Argentine diplomatic personnel from the country in response to statements by Argentine counterpart Javier Milei.

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro threatened to cut ties with Israel if it does not comply with a U.N. Security Council ceasefire demand.

The Biden administration released a Venezuelan national even though he was wanted for murder, extortion, and drug dealing in Colombia.

Colombia’s far-left President Gustavo Petro announced plans this week to assemble a Constituent Assembly to rewrite the nation’s constitution, allowing him to insert into the new constitution leftist reforms his government has failed to pass through Congress.

A Colombian national, whom Biden’s DHS released into the U.S., has been convicted of sexual assault in the sanctuary state of Massachusetts.

More than 50,000 Colombians peacefully protested against socialist President Gustavo Petro and his policies on Wednesday.