Sources: Xinhua
The death toll from the landslide in Medellín, Colombia, on Wednesday rises to 22, with eight others still missing. 2025-06-28
A United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime report says the worldwide recreational use and production of cocaine hit an all-time high in 2023, saying the current surge in cocaine use is primarily due to increased illicit coca bush cultivation in Colombia and updated yield data. 2025-06-26
A Mil Mi-17 helicopter of the Colombian National Army Aviation group crashes in Santa Rosa, Bolívar, Colombia, killing nine soldiers on board. 2024-04-29
Iota becomes Hurricane Iota and is forecast to hit Central America. Nicaragua issues hurricane warnings near the border with Honduras while Honduras also issues warnings, whereas Colombia issues a warning to the islands of San Andrés and Providencia. 2020-11-15
Colombia formalizes its membership with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), becoming the 37th nation in the organization. 2020-04-28
At least 17 people are killed after an Andean landslide strikes the Colombian city of Manizales. 2017-04-19
The Nobel Prize committee awards Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos the Nobel Peace Prize for his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end, a war that has cost the lives of at least 220 thousand Colombians and displaced close to six million people. 2016-10-7
FARC leader Rodrigo Londoño (Timoleón) says his troops will honor its commitments to the Colombian government, including the permanent cease-fire, despite voters rejection of the peace accord in Sunday's referendum. President Juan Manuel Santos calls the country's political parties to an emergency meeting. 2016-10-3
Venezuela extradites Colombian Carlos Alberto Renteria to the United States: the US claims he is a major drug cartel leader. 2010-07-14
A car bomb killed at least 6 people and wounded more than 40 others in a Colombia's Buenaventura city notorious for cocaine trafficking. 2010-03-25