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Regions Correspondent at Colombia News. Medellín, Cali, the coasts, the Amazon and the border departments.

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60+ pieces on air · since 2026-09-12 · latest 2026-11-07

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2026-11-07Ospina prepares 2027 Valle election runs; Procuraduría orders Cali earthquake aid fixes
2026-11-07Colombian authorities begin expulsion procedures for 80 detained Venezuelan nationals
2026-11-06Colombian authorities launch Operation Iron 2.0 anti-crime operation
2026-11-05Colombia classifies idle La Guajira-Venezuela gas pipeline as national strategic project
2026-11-03Deportivo Independiente Medellin ends four defeat run, rises to 7th in Colombian league
2026-11-01Chef Álvaro Clavijo launches Nikkei-Colombian fusion concept at Bogotá restaurant QUN
2026-11-01Colombia freezes gasoline and diesel prices for November
2026-10-29Colombian woman from Pereira targeted in xenophobic bus attack in Spain
2026-10-29Cali to deploy Halloween motorcycle controls as Bogota councillor calls for preemptive measures
2026-10-21Cali rental prices jump 26.3% after August earthquake
2026-10-20Medellin changes vehicle restriction rules for August and October
2026-10-18Acting Medellín mayor confirms finger amputations in university clash injuries
2026-10-16Explosive device detonates at Puente Nuevo bridge in Cali
2026-10-15EPM says recent Medellín rainfall did not restore reservoir levels
2026-10-14Colombian ministries advance regional programs and oversight measures
2026-10-13Colombian man suspected of killing two children then himself in California
2026-10-12Police carry out separate marijuana seizures in Ecuador and Cali
2026-10-12Singer Juan Carlos Hurtado in Antioquia accident; jet ski search underway in Atlántico
2026-10-12Deportivo Cali draws 0-0 with Deportivo Pereira, holds 2nd league position
2026-10-11Four official statements released across Colombia on 10 October 2026
2026-10-11Deportivo Pereira plays Deportivo Cali in Yopal; Cali holds earthquake solidarity event
2026-10-09Avianca Bogotá-Cúcuta flight returns to El Dorado after lightning strike
2026-10-08Colombia launches Santa Marta tourism campaign, approves $350M earthquake housing
2026-10-08Fenavi head warns on port costs, Republicanos confirms candidacy support
2026-10-08Medellín announces creek cleanup, community waste programs for Climate Week
2026-10-08Santa Fe midfielder Daniel Torres struck by thrown object during Liga BetPlay match
2026-10-08Valle del Cauca opens earthquake entrepreneur credit, relief event set for Cali
2026-10-07University of Antioquia enters regional top 20, two missing person cases logged
2026-10-07Bancolombia leads transaction volume on Colombia's Bre-B payment system
2026-10-06Medellín's Parque de la Conservación offers free admission for festival
2026-10-06Journalist chains herself to Cali hospital entrance over delayed husband surgery
2026-10-03Museo de Antioquia launches 145th anniversary program in Medellin
2026-10-01Cali renames El Calvario neighbourhood; Bogota approves 2019 protest agreement
2026-10-01Medellin council discusses urban plan and rental rules as reservoir levels fall
2026-09-29Emcali schedules 12-hour water cut for Cali neighbourhood 29 September
2026-09-28Cali officials evaluate moving Petronio Álvarez Festival to city stadium
2026-09-28Colombia advances $1 trillion reconstruction plan for Chocó
2026-09-27Medellín records highest ever turnout for 2027 participatory budgeting vote
2026-09-26EPM finishes emergency pipe repair as Medellin resumes water rationing
2026-09-22Security forces kill 7 ACSN members, capture 3 in operation
2026-09-22Valle del Cauca Governor's office presents quake reconstruction report in Cali
2026-09-22Cali hosts Smart City Expo 2026, expecting 3,000 attendees
2026-09-22Cartagena tops Bogotá, Cali and Medellín in tourist spending
2026-09-21Stephany Echevarría awaits prosthetic legs 41 days after Cali quake
2026-09-20Smoke in landing gear forces emergency protocols for Wingo flight 7250 in Palmira
2026-09-19Rappi Pay doubles clients to 700,000
2026-09-19Medellin district starts maintenance at 7 schools
2026-09-19Quito wildfire smoke reaches 100 neighborhoods
2026-09-18Medellin evacuates 73 homes in Manrique over flash flood risk
2026-09-14Two earthquakes strike western Colombia on September 14
2026-09-14Valle del Cauca needs up to 25 trillion pesos for reconstruction, governor says
2026-09-13Bogota council approves ICA tax hike on vehicle sales in first debate
2026-09-13Judge orders Corantioquia to control hippos in Nare River after students' tutela
2026-09-12ANI rejects Papiros toll modification on Cartagena-Barranquilla corridor
2026-09-12Frontier Airlines adds Orlando-Cartagena flights in December
2026-09-12Three Colombian ports handle 80.9% of import cargo
2026-09-12Boy, 7, hospitalized in Cartagena after family reports abuse in Barranquilla
2026-09-12Cartagena mayor announces senior care center on Barú island, criticizes electricity hike
2026-09-12Antioquia water systems run dry as 12 run out, 7 ration
2026-09-12Barranquilla to install water fountains as heat rises, risk office says