#Colombia

Gustavo Petro in an official photograph taken by Colombia's presidency in 2025, while he was still head of state.

Colombia's Supreme Court confirms it is investigating Gustavo Petro over state contracts allegedly traded for sex

Pablo Catatumbo Torres Victoria in a file photograph from his time as a senator for the party formed out of the FARC.

Colombia's peace tribunal charges Pablo Catatumbo and eight other former FARC commanders over 468 incidents

Colombia's current Palacio de Justicia, on Bogotá's Plaza de Bolívar, in June 2024. The 1985 building was destroyed during the siege and the recapture.

Netflix premieres "Palacio" on 6 November, an eight-part series on the siege of Colombia's Palace of Justice

Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez, winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature. The IAPA assembly marks 30 years since his speech to the organisation.

IAPA opens its 82nd General Assembly in Bogotá with more than 70 participants and a tribute to García Márquez's 1996 speech

Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella during the handover-of-power ceremonies in Cali, on 7 August 2026.

Colombia opens its embassy in Jerusalem, reversing Petro's 2024 break with Israel

Abelardo de la Espriella, now Colombia's president, in an image released during the 2026 presidential campaign.

Colombia opens talks with the IMF as its president says the state's balance is "in the red"

Abelardo de la Espriella, then Colombia's president-elect, at a bilateral meeting with Ecuador's presidency in Cali on 7 August 2026, shortly before his inauguration.

Colombia breaks off diplomatic relations with Iran but keeps consular ties open

U.S. President Donald Trump during an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House, September 4, 2026

Drug trafficking

US drops Venezuela from list of countries failing on drug control, keeps Colombia