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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 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.”

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.

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.

Latin American countries began their yearly four-day Carnival festivities, an especially significant celebration to Brazil.

Ukraine’s ranks are depleted by two years of war and it is welcoming hardened fighters from one of the world’s longest-running conflicts.

The United States is urging Venezuela’s neighboring countries to help build bridges between socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro and the Venezuelan opposition after Maduro torched a dubious deal brokered by the White House, Bloomberg reported this weekend.

2023 was a year of majorly influential political news in Latin America.

Colombian far-left President Gustavo Petro repealed a decree over the weekend that criminalized the carrying and consumption of “personal doses” of narcotics in the country, allowing citizens to possess up to one gram of cocaine without legal repercussions.

Three Colombian nationals are accused of operating a burglary ring in Lake County, Illinois, that targeted business owners of Asian descent.

The presidential victory of Argentine libertarian economist Javier Milei prompted a wave of outrage and dismay among Latin American leftists.

The Cartel of the Suns, an intercontinental cocaine trafficking organization run by the Venezuelan military and high-ranking members of the socialist regime, is able to move upwards of 350 metric tons of cocaine per year valued at $6.2-$8.7 billion, according to a report published by The Miami Herald on Monday.

Colombia is hoping to recover as quickly as possible what has been called the “Holy Grail of shipwrecks” from the Caribbean Sea.

Joseph Humire, executive director of the Center for a Secure Free Society (SFS), asserted that Bolivia is Iran’s “most successful project” in Latin America in an interview published by the Argentine news outlet Infobae on Friday.

The leftist, Iran-allied government of Bolivia cut diplomatic ties with Israel on Tuesday in response to Israel’s “disproportionate” operation against the jihadist terrorist group Hamas.

Colombian right-wing and centrist candidates obtained sweeping victories in Sunday’s regional elections, dealing a huge blow to the leftist government coalition led by President Gustavo Petro, the nation’s first leftist president.

China announced on Wednesday that it elevated its diplomatic relations with Colombia to a “strategic partnership” after Colombian far-left President Gustavo Petro met with genocidal dictator Xi Jinping.

Colombian far-left president and former Marxist M19 guerrilla member Gustavo Petro threatened to cut ties with Israel on Sunday after the country suspended security exports to Colombia, a response to Petro comparing the government in Jerusalem to Nazi Germany.

Colombian far-left President Gustavo Petro compared Israel to Nazi Germany in remarks on Monday, accusing it of turning Gaza into Auschwitz in a series of posts made on his personal Twitter account.

Mayor Eric Adams (D) is planning a trip to Latin America to plead with would-be illegal aliens not to come to New York City.

Colombia’s Attorney General announced that Nicolás Petro Burgos, son of the country’s leftist president, will face money laundering charges.

CARACAS, Venezuela — Colombia, Peru, Chile, and other Latin American countries are on high alert after the escape of Héctor “the Child” Guerrero, the leader of Venezuela’s largest known criminal organization, the Tren de Aragua (“Aragua Train”).

Colombian far-left President Gustavo Petro used his time at the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday to proclaim that the “times of extinction” have begun and predict that billions of migrants will soon join a climate “exodus.”

One million economic migrants from around the world will exit Columbia for the United States in 2024, says the leftist president of Columbia, Gustavo Petro.

Cocaine is expected to overtake oil to become Colombia’s main export as a result of far-left President Gustavo Petro’s drug policies.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro compared Argentina’s presidential front-runner Javier Milei to Hitler in response to Milei’s condemning socialism.

A delegation of “progressive” Democrats led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) visited Chile, Brazil, and Colombia.