• March 19 2025
  Colombia government chaos deepens as finance minister quits

  President Gustavo Petro loses his 13th minister this year with departure of Diego Guevara

  
• March 11 2025
  News in-depthUS immigration

  Trump crackdown forces Latin America’s migrant flows into reverse

  A Colombian town adapted its economy to Darién Gap travellers. Now only a few are travelling — and in the opposite direction

  
• February 16 2025
  Gustavo Petro

  Colombia’s leftist government in chaos as elections loom

  Meltdown prompted by fresh appointments as president prepares for 2026 polls

  
• February 10 2025
  Colombian president calls on cabinet members to resign

  Gustavo Petro faces stream of resignations following rancorous televised meeting of key ministers

  
• February 5 2025
  Colombian President Petro claims cocaine is no worse than whisky

  Leader’s remarks at chaotic televised cabinet meeting follow surge in production of coca in his country

  
• January 27 2025
  News in-depthLatin America

  Latin America scrambles to respond to Trump’s aggression

  Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro finds little support for confrontational stance against US

  
• December 15 2024
  UK trade

  Colombia seeks renegotiation of investment treaty with the UK

  Trade minister says current deal favours companies over the state

  
• December 5 2024
  Colombia finance minister resigns amid corruption probe

  Ricardo Bonilla, the second person to hold the post under President Gustavo Petro, will be replaced by his deputy

  
• November 11 2024
  Special ReportManaging Climate Change

  Colombia battles to diversify economy away from oil and gas

  President Petro has pledged to end investment in fossil fuels but critics say the transition to clean energy is too abrupt

  
• October 21 2024
  Will Freeman

  Organised crime has taken on a different shape in Latin America

  The US and Europe must partner with the region to dismantle bigger and stronger criminal enterprises

  
• October 20 2024
  Armed rebels threaten Colombia’s ‘peace’ drive at global nature summit

  COP16 conference comes as observers say violent groups have weaponised deforestation

  
• October 5 2024
  Colombia leader plans to pass budget by decree

  Finance minister pledges unprecedented measure after stand-off with lawmakers over spending

  
• July 30 2024
  Special ReportBusiness School Sustainable Education

  Business school teaching case study: can biodiversity bonds save natural habitats?

  Colombia’s pioneering initiative aims to protect the environment as the country moves from conflict to peace

  
• June 16 2024
  News in-depthAmericas politics & policy

  The healthcare crisis pitting Colombia’s leftist leader against business

  Gustavo Petro accused of ‘destroying’ system as he pushes on with what he says is necessary overhaul

  
• May 10 2024
  Colombia’s leftist leader turns radical with bid to rewrite constitution

  Former guerrilla Gustavo Petro demands ‘people’s assemblies’ to implement sweeping reforms

  
• April 17 2024
  Pablo Escobar

  ‘Pablo Escobar’ cannot be registered as a trademark, EU court rules

  Registering name of dead Colombian drug kingpin would flout ‘fundamental values and moral standards’

  
• April 10 2024
  Borderlands

  The migrant highway that could sway the US election

  The Darién Gap has become a key migration route for people heading towards the US

  
• February 29 2024
  Global migration

  Colombian ferry strike halts migration to US via treacherous border crossing

  About 3,000 migrants trying to reach Panama via Darién Gap have been stranded with more arriving every day

  
• February 27 2024
  FT GlobetrotterTips from the top

  Ryan ‘Mr Lyan’ Chetiyawardana’s favourite bars around the world

  From Madrid to Melbourne via Colombo, Copenhagen and Cartagena: 13 of the cocktail maestro’s top watering holes

  
• November 23 2023
  News in-depth

  Colombia’s leader promised ‘total peace’. Then violence surged

  Former guerrilla Gustavo Petro’s strategy criticised as security vacuum allows kidnappings and extortion to soar

  
• November 9 2023
  Colombian rebel group releases father of footballer Luis Díaz

  Thirteen-day abduction piled pressure on President Gustavo Petro’s peace talks with guerrilla organisations

  
• October 30 2023
  Colombia’s leftist president dealt blow in local elections

  Gustavo Petro’s allies suffer ‘punishment vote’ as opposition sweeps mayoral races in major cities

  
• October 25 2023
  Chinese trade

  US ally Colombia swings towards China

  President Xi Jinping agrees to deepen ties during counterpart Gustavo Petro’s visit to Beijing

  
• September 22 2023
  News in-depth

  ‘Armed groups, coca crops and death’: how prices crashed for cocaine’s raw material

  Oversupply in Colombia is attributed to the vertical integration of production and breaking of Farc’s monopoly

  
• September 11 2023
  Drug trafficking

  Colombia’s coca production at all-time high, UN says

  Rise in the main cocaine ingredient comes as the country’s government re-examines its approach to drugs