BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia witnessed killings of 215 social leaders and human rights activists in 2022, the highest toll ever recorded, as illegal armed groups intensified their attacks in key ...

BOGOTA, May 16 (Reuters) - Deforestation in Colombia during 2022 is forecast to have fallen by up to 10% versus the previous year, Environment Minister Susana Muhamad said on Tuesday, citing ...

Colombia recorded the world’s highest number of environmental defender killings in 2022, with 60 individuals murdered, according to a report released on Tuesday by activist organization Global Witness ...

BOGOTA, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Colombia's government is looking to cut deforestation to 140,000 hectares (345,947 acres) a year by 2026, despite international agreements eyeing greater reductions, due to ...

Cocaine production in Colombia has reached record highs for the fourth consecutive year, potentially outpacing oil as the top export. President Gustavo Petro faces intense criticism as crime rates ...

Illegal mining grew 11% in southern Colombia in 2022. A recent report analyzing alluvial gold mining in Colombia suggests that the role of organized crime groups in this industry is larger than ...

The U.S.-Colombia ties have soured since U.S. President Donald Trump took office. Colombia’s President Petro has been erecting barriers to oil and gas development since taking office in 2022. Colombia ...

Between 2001 and 2022, the municipality of Tibú in northern Colombia lost 150,000 soccer fields’ worth of tree cover, with coca cultivation one of the key drivers of the deforestation. While minor ...

BOGOTA, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Colombia's mining industry hit a record 6.13 trillion pesos ($1.32 billion) in royalties last year, the Colombian Mining Association (ACM) said on Thursday. The record ...

The Bank of the Republic stated that Colombia had had favorable growth in tourism because, at the end of 2023, it had a record income of $9 billion from air passenger transportation and travel, which ...

Colombia’s economy delivered an unexpected boost in the third quarter of 2025, expanding 3.6% year-on-year, well above market expectations and marking its fastest pace of growth in three years.