Bogotá, Colombia, Uses Data and Smart Urban Design to Cut Air Pollution

Nestled in the Andes, Bogotá’s mountainous landscape traps air pollutants, sometimes cloaking the Colombian capital in a dusty smog. The consequences have been severe. The city’s poor air quality resulted in an estimated 2,300 excess deaths in...

Colombia's President Says He Must 'Get Rid' of Trump

By streiff | 10:01 AM on October 21, 2025 The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. Colombian President Gustavo Petro used an interview on Univision to level a threat at...

Soaring Cocaine Shipments Weigh On U.S.-Colombia Alliance

In an inflammatory social media post, U.S. President Donald Trump accused Colombia’s first-ever leftwing President Gustavo Petro of colluding with drug traffickers, calling him “an illegal drug leader”. Trump, in an increasingly hardline stance,...

The ‘Disappearance’ of Colombia’s VP Francia Marquez: From Idealism to the Solitude of Politics

Many in Colombia are wondering where Vice President Francia Marquez is, as she has been virtually absent for several months. Credit: Historical Pact. Many in Colombia are wondering where Vice President Francia Marquez is, as she has been virtually...

Colombia Is Struggling to Keep Up With A Criminal Air Force

Armed groups in Colombia have built an air force — and it flies on cheap, store-bought drones. In late August 2025, the National Liberation Army claimed responsibility for an ambush that left 13 police officers dead and four wounded. Initially...

Colombia Pulls Ambassador After Trump Torches the Columbian President

Colombia has recalled its ambassador to the United States following rising tensions after a U.S. military strike on a Colombian drug trafficking vessel on October 17, and President Trump’s remark referring to Colombian President Gustavo Petro as...

Colombia recalls ambassador to U.S. following feud between Trump and Petro, vessel strike targeting narcoterrorists

(Background) President of Colombia Gustavo Petro. (Photo by Franklin Jacome/Getty Images) / (L) Daniel García-Peña – Ambassador of Colombia to the United States. (Photo via: Embassy of Colombia) OAN Staff Brooke Mallory 3:27 PM – Monday, October...

Colombia’s Petro Criticizes US Anti-Drug Policy

Colombia’s Petro criticized the U.S. anti-drug policy on a dark day for relations between the two countries and Trump’s tariff threat. Credit: Andrea Puentes / Presidency of Colombia. The President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, criticized the U.S....

Colombia orders World shut-down, citing biometrics compliance failures

The competition regulator of Colombia has ordered an “immediate and permanent” closure of digital identity project World over data protection law violations, less than two months after the company opened its largest brick-and-mortar store yet in...

Grandmothers in Colombia get the quinceanera they never had

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Author of the article: Published Oct 25, 2025 • 3 minute read Article content By Astrid Suarez BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — At age 72, Rosalba Casas finally celebrated her 15th birthday on Friday, donning a flowing pink dress...

Colombia’s leader accuses US of murder and violating sovereignty - prompting Trump to halt aid

Legal specialists have called such killings illegal, because militaries cannot lawfully target civilians who do not pose a threat in the moment and are not directly participating in hostilities. “US government officials have committed a murder and...

Early Detection of Chronic Kidney Disease in Mexico, a Case for Policy Transfer

Introduction Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a challenge for health systems worldwide, and particularly in Mexico because its attention has focused on attending to the last stages.1 At national level, the numbers of patients in the last stage of...

US Adds Colombia’s Petro to Clinton List, Along with His Wife, Son and Interior Minister

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro, his wife, his son Nicolas and his Interior Minister Armando Benedetti have been added to the Clinton List. Credit: Juan Diego Cano / Colombia Presidency / Public Domain The United States has added Colombian...

Oropouche Virus Disease Reported Across Seven Panama Regions

(Vax-Before-Travel News)Since the first cases of Oropouche virus disease (OROV) were detected in Panama at the end of 2024 and the beginning of this year, a total of 613 confirmed cases have been reported across seven regions in Panama during...

Colombia's Petro Picks a Fight With Trump. Spoiler Alert: FAFO

In 2022, Gustavo Petro, a former member of the M-19 guerrilla group and all-around nutcase, became Colombia's first left-wing leader since the founding of the country. In three years, his popularity ratings have tanked, he's been involved in...

Famine declared in El-Fasher and Kadugli; Top Israeli military prosecutor arrested for leaking video of Palestinian prisoner abuse; Federal judge orders Trump to fund food stamps

Israel attacks Khan Younis, Deir al-Balah, and the Nuseirat refugee camp on Monday, as it continues to bombard Gaza City, killing a man in Gaza City’s Shujaiya neighborhood on Sunday. Israel reverses a plan to allow around 200 Hamas fighters...

Colombia’s leader accuses US of murder, prompting Trump to halt aid

“US government officials have committed a murder and violated our sovereignty in territorial waters,” Petro wrote on social media. He said the man killed in the mid-September attack, Alejandro Carranza, was a “lifelong fisherman” whose boat had...

In the footsteps of the Colombian survivor of Trump’s strike against alleged drug submarine

There are question marks about the judicial future of Jeison Obando Pérez, the 34-year-old Colombian who was repatriated by the United States after surviving Washington’s attack on a suspected narco-submarine on October 16 in the Caribbean Sea....

For Gainesville's uninsured population, clinics might ease health care burden

Editor's note: Alan asked that his full name not be used out of sensitivity to his wife and her prior medical condition. For this reason, he is being identified by his middle name. Alan never expected to be waiting for medical advice in the back...

Banana exports get shot in the arm from govt

A package of interventions to fight the spread of Panama disease and restore competitiveness in global markets, is being earmarked by the Department of Agriculture (DA) for the country’s banana sector. Panama disease is caused by the soil-borne...