The International Monetary Fund approved a $139 million disbursement to El Salvador after granting a waiver for the government’s breach of a condition limiting further Bitcoin accumulation.

Colombia bombed a rebel position and ordered alleged drug traffickers extradited to the US as the new government pressed ahead with its hardline security policy.

Un nuevo presidente de línea dura apuesta por una ofensiva para combatir a los grupos armados del país.

A hawkish new president is betting big on a plan to attack the country’s armed groups

In the lush mountains and coffee farms of El Cairo in Colombia’s western Andes, there’s barely a home unscathed by Monday’s earthquake.

Colombian consumer prices rose at their fastest pace since 2024, creating another headache for the incoming government of President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella.

In a victory speech delivered from behind a bulletproof screen, on a barge in a Caribbean river estuary, Abelardo de la Espriella vowed to hunt down Colombia’s worst criminals.

Colombians face a hard, familiar choice in this month’s presidential election: negotiate with violent criminals, or go back to war against them.

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Colombia’s surprise decision to halt interest rate increases this week was intended to prevent upheaval, but may come at a cost, according to central bank co-director Mauricio Villamizar.

Colombia’s surprise decision to halt interest rate increases this week was intended to prevent upheaval, but may come at a cost, according to central bank co-director Mauricio Villamizar.

Colombian Finance Minister Germán Ávila arrived at the central bank’s Bogotá headquarters, easing fears that he would boycott Thursday’s policy meeting.

A bomb blast in southwestern Colombia killed at least seven people on Saturday during a wave of attacks on security forces and civilians that President Gustavo Petro blamed on a cocaine-trafficking militia.

Two US agents who died after an operation to dismantle a suspected Mexican narcotics laboratory had no permission to be carrying out operations of this kind, according to the nation’s security cabinet.

Colombian leader Gustavo Petro said US intelligence is aware of a possible threat to presidential candidate Iván Cepeda.

US prosecutors working on drug trafficking investigations have examined the activities of Colombia President Gustavo Petro as part of their ongoing probes, according to people familiar with the matter.

Peru’s President José Jerí was ousted by congress after just four months in office, adding to a saga of political instability that’s seen eight leaders pass through office since 2016.

US demands to hunt down and extradite warlords threaten to unleash more violence before May’s vote

EE.UU. exige capturar y extraditar a los jefes de la guerra, lo que amenaza con desatar más violencia antes de las elecciones de mayo.

Peruvian lawmakers have introduced three motions that could lead to the ouster of interim President Jose Jeri, who has been in office for just three months.