October 25, 2024 The XXII Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor (IACML) was officially inaugurated today in Bogotá, Colombia, bringing together the high-level authorities of Labor from across the Americas.…
Category: COLOMBIA
Power Play or Peace? AGC’s Role in Colombia’s Fragile Negotiations
By: Insight Crime October 22, 2024 The strength of Colombia’s powerful AGC criminal group will pose a serious challenge in nascent peace negotiations, according to a recent report, raising concerns…
Violence Against Women Is Being Used as a Weapon of War in Colombia. Again
By: Insight Crime October 15, 2024 In Quibdó, Colombia, local criminal gangs have put women in their crosshairs because of their links to rival groups, resorting to gender-based violence as…
Colombia’s Total Peace Hangs by a Thread After Ceasefire With ELN Expires
By: Insight Crime August 13, 2024 Peace negotiations with Colombia’s last true guerrilla insurgency are on the verge of collapse after the August 3 expiration of a ceasefire between the…
From Total to Partial Peace: Colombia’s Talks With Crime Groups Fragment
By: Insight Crime May 14, 2024 Colombian President Gustavo Petro is being forced to confront the possibility that his flagship security policy, Total Peace (Paz Total), may only have partial…
The Informants of Tibú: How the Colombian State Unleashed a Wave of Femicides
By: Insight Crime April 24, 2024 A banging on the door echoed throughout the house. It was a Sunday morning in January 2021, in Tibú, a municipality in the Colombian…
Colombian Criminals Use Music Industry to Launder Money
By: Insight Crime February 27, 2024 A recent case, together with several past investigations, shows how the music and events industry is being used by organized crime groups to launder…
Statement from the OAS General Secretariat on the Political Situation in Colombia
February 9, 2024 The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) demands that attempts by different political actors to damage the democratic process in Colombia be abandoned and…
Colombia Struggles to Tackle Prison-Based Extortion
By: Insight Crime January 23, 2024 Colombian authorities are struggling to disrupt extortion schemes run by imprisoned Venezuelan gang members, mounting a series of recent arrests but failing to prevent…
Smuggled Migrants Face Deadly Waters in San Andrés, Colombia
January 23, 2024 On December 17, 2022, José Gregorio Roa lost track of his wife and daughter, who had set out on a boat from the island of San Andrés,…
OAS Electoral Observation Mission in Colombia Calls for Calm in Post-Electoral Stage
November 3, 2023 The Electoral Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Colombia observes with concern the increase in tension in the final vote counting phase in some…
OAS deploys Electoral Observation Mission for Colombia local elections
October 27, 2023 The Organization of American States (OAS) Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) for the 2023 elections of local authorities in Colombia began its activities in the country today. The…