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    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      News in-depthGlobal migration
      Panama warns of surge in US-bound migration through deadly jungle

      People fleeing poverty and repression are often unaware of dangers of terrain infested by bandits and snakes

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      ECOPETROL SA
      Colombia’s energy transition should be gradual, warns Ecopetrol chief

      State-owned group has embarked on shift but says replacements will take ‘time, effort and money’

    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      Colombia protesters release kidnapped police officers and oil workers

      Demonstrations demanding better road infrastructure had targeted oilfield owned by subsidiary of China’s Sinochem

    • Sunday, 26 February, 2023
      News in-depth
      Colombia’s president returns to his revolutionary roots

      Gustavo Petro calls on supporters to ‘rise up’ against elites as he moves to expand state control over the economy

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      ‘We are for peace’: Latin America rejects pleas to send weapons to Ukraine

      Tradition of non-interventionism prompts region’s leftwing leaders to snub pleas from US and Europe

    • Sunday, 15 January, 2023
      News in-depth
      Colombia’s $20bn takeover battle turns ugly after year-long fight

      Allegations of media favouritism and poor governance fly as stakes rise for billionaire Jaime Gilinski

    • Saturday, 31 December, 2022
      Travel
      The big hotel openings of 2023

      From Rome’s ‘most luxurious hotel ever’, to tented suites in Bhutan and Christian Louboutin’s Portuguese retreat

    • Monday, 12 December, 2022
      World
      Exclusive photographs: the incomprehensible costs of Colombia’s cocaine trade

      How decades of conflict have touched every corner of the country

    • Friday, 25 November, 2022
      Art in the Americas
      Artist Karen Lamassonne: ‘Often what’s just outside the square is the really interesting thing’

      Her frank portrayals of her life and body have attracted controversy and acclaim

    • Monday, 21 November, 2022
      Colombia to resume peace talks with largest remaining rebel group

      President Gustavo Petro, himself a former guerrilla, has called for ‘total peace’ with insurgents

    • Sunday, 20 November, 2022
      Colombia signals rethink on pledge to curb oil and gas exploration

      Finance minister says government will review existing contracts before deciding whether to halt new projects

    • Tuesday, 25 October, 2022
      Colombia’s tax chief defends reform plan targeting oil and coal

      The sector has pushed back against plans to fund social spending with tax rises

    • Monday, 10 October, 2022
      Travel
      In the mountains and jungles of Colombia’s far south, a birdwatching paradise

      In the mountains and jungles of southern Colombia, the diversity of avian life is unrivalled — and uplifting

    • Wednesday, 21 September, 2022
      News in-depth
      Colombia’s battle against Amazon deforestation: ‘The jungle is disappearing’

      Leftwing government launches crackdown on illegal clearances to tackle destruction of rainforest

    • Monday, 12 September, 2022
      Interview
      Colombia plans environmental licences for mining exploration

      New leftist government seeks to overhaul way concessions are granted in minerals-dependent economy

    • Wednesday, 31 August, 2022
      Colombia’s new leftwing president tries to mend bridges with Venezuela

      After years of tension, formal ties have been re-established following arrival of ambassadors in both capitals

    • Saturday, 13 August, 2022
      News in-depthAmericas companies
      The battle for Colombia’s most powerful business group

      Billionaire’s swoop on corporate alliance has shaken decades-old network of more than 100 companies

    • Friday, 12 August, 2022
      Colombia’s Petro pushes tax reform to fund ambitious social agenda

      New leftist government’s proposal targets country’s wealthiest residents and commodities exports

    • Monday, 8 August, 2022
      Petro sworn in as Colombia’s president in historic ceremony

      Former urban guerrilla to lead South American country’s most leftwing government

    • Sunday, 7 August, 2022
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      The challenges for Latin America’s new left

      Incoming presidents face a daunting agenda, above all delivering strong growth

    • Thursday, 4 August, 2022
      Colombia’s military eyes new president Petro with ‘deep unease’

      Former leftwing guerrilla navigates tense relations with country’s armed forces as he prepares to take office

    • Monday, 18 July, 2022
      News in-depthAmericas politics & policy
      Colombia and Venezuela poised for a reset of relations under Petro

      Incoming leftwing president faces tricky task of trying to fix problems without getting too close to the Maduro regime

    • Sunday, 17 July, 2022
      Travelista
      Compelling cultural happenings for Italophiles

      Artisans in Florence, boat races in Venice and an extraordinary show of might in Lazio – what to see and where to stay this September

    • Friday, 15 July, 2022
      InterviewJosé Antonio Ocampo
      Colombia’s incoming finance minister seeks to assuage corporate concerns

      José Antonio Ocampo says leftwing government will place tax reform burden on rich individuals and not companies

    • Saturday, 9 July, 2022
      News in-depth
      Colombians look to Miami as Petro’s election sparks capital flight fears

      Inquiries to buy US properties rise as leftwing president targets the wealthy and extractive industries

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