Americas

A Trump Ally Vows to Bring Fracking to Colombia

Katie Surma / Inside Climate News Jun 24, 2026 Abelardo de la Espriella, the apparent winner of the presidential election, has plans to expand oil, gas and mining production, alarming activists in the world’s deadliest country for environmental defenders. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Film

An Artist Suffers

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Jan 30, 2026 Director Simón Mesa Soto's “A Poet” is a wry, poignant and energetic comedic drama. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Americas

US Deploys Aircraft Carrier to the Caribbean

Devin B. Martinez / Peoples Dispatch Oct 27, 2025 As U.S. warships inch toward Colombia and Venezuela, Petro denounces Trump’s airstrikes as 'extrajudicial executions.' Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

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The Politics of Bullets and Bombs

Kurt Hollander / Truthdig Jun 24, 2025 In Colombia, a wave of pre-election violence threatens to upend the reform agenda of the country’s first left-wing government in decades. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Immigration

Colombia and U.S. Resolve Diplomatic Impasse Over Deportation

Pablo Meriguet / Peoples Dispatch Jan 28, 2025 The treatment of Colombian migrants caused a tense exchange with diplomatic threats. But a cautious strain remains. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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Cops and Coca in Cali

Kurt Hollander / Truthdig Oct 28, 2024 Can COP16 transform a city known for drugs, sex and extreme violence? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Americas

Shining a Light on Chiquita’s Use of Colombian Death Squads

Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan / Democracy Now! Jun 14, 2024 A Miami federal court rendered a $38 million verdict against the banana producer for funding paramilitary violence against workers in Colombia. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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Colombia’s Cerrejón Mine Dispute Tests the Limits of Sovereignty

Julian Mathews / Truthdig Jan 22, 2024 In Colombia, lawsuits by foreign corporations are obstructing a fossil fuel phase-out at the expense of the indigenous Wayúu community. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Shakira and Jennifer Lopez’s Subversive Super Bowl Spectacular

By Melanie McFarland / Salon Feb 3, 2020 They provided exuberant entertainment while displaying a pride in belonging to cultures that the Trump administration neglects or vilifies. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Politics

Argentina Defies the Americas’ Crisis of Democracy

Jacob Sugarman / Truthdig Dec 23, 2019 As regional powers backslide and Donald Trump looms, one nation offers a popular, progressive alternative. A dispatch from Buenos Aires. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Argentina’s Center-Left Peronists Celebrate Return to Power

LUIS ANDRES HENAO and DEBORA REY / The Associated Press Oct 28, 2019 Opposition leader Alberto Fernandez wins the presidency after a dramatic election in the economically challenged country. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Environmentalists Risk Their Lives to Save the Planet

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Aug 1, 2019 Fighting for the planet's survival has become more dangerous for activists around the globe. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )