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## Colombia


* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2786fec98b18c2e9/6a7a201d20670554e3408643/Colombia-Earthquake.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 10, 2026  
## [What to Know About the Earthquake in Colombia](https://time.com/article/2026/08/10/colombia-earthquake-death-toll-damage/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Chantelle Lee
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7555681a90ef66cc/6a38fc6a021848749b5f197f/abelardo-de-la-espriella.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1%2Coffset-x34.23%2Coffset-y0.00)  
Jun 22, 2026  
## [Colombia Elects Trump-Backed Populist in Presidential Election](https://time.com/article/2026/06/22/colombia-presidential-election-abelardo-de-la-espriella/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Chad de Guzman
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt55eb38ba789ff34c/6a1d64ae084a700162cc443c/colombia-elections.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 1, 2026  
## [Colombia Presidential Election Heads to Run-Off: What to Know](https://time.com/article/2026/06/01/colombia-elections-explainer-abelardo-de-la-espriella-ivan-cepeda-runoff/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Chad de Guzman
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0e10a94c8915dd7/6998c90fe1ba00139f98dd34/LAFFAY_TPL_CDF_25007_001_2130.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 20, 2025  
## [Can a Guerrilla Group Help Solve Colombia's Cocaine Conflict?](https://time.com/7310606/colombia-cocaine-peace-negotiations-guerrillas/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bram Ebus, Tom Laffay and Jaap van t Kruis
* ![Labour Unions Rally In Bogota On International Workers Day](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt789dc793db2dbfb7/698a8d1b09208f0dfc4229e6/colombian-president-gustavo-petro-interview-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 29, 2024  
## [La Misión Contra los Combustibles Fósiles del Presidente Colombiano Petro](https://time.com/7113572/el-presidente-colombiano-gustavo-petro-entrevista/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Justin Worland  
* ![Labour Unions Rally In Bogota On International Workers Day](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt789dc793db2dbfb7/698a8d1b09208f0dfc4229e6/colombian-president-gustavo-petro-interview-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 29, 2024  
## [Colombian President Petro’s Mission Against Fossil Fuels](https://time.com/7113585/colombian-president-gustavo-petro-interview/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Justin Worland
* ![Rear View Of Woman Looking At Projection Screen In Darkroom](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd21ede289494c3e1/698a379c09208ffc7b419cca/tiktok-content-moderation-colombia-teleperformance.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 9, 2022  
## [TikTok Subcontractor Under Investigation](https://time.com/6231625/tiktok-teleperformance-colombia-investigation/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Billy Perrigo
* ![tiktok-content-moderators-latin-america](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd317bcaba75cd907/698a368747ca38ccf43ba1ac/TikTokModerators_LeadFinal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 20, 2022  
## [The Traumatized Content Moderators Behind TikTok’s Boom](https://time.com/6223340/tiktok-content-moderators-latin-america/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Niamh McIntyre, Rosie Bradbury and Billy Perrigo
* ![COLOMBIA-INAUGURATION-PETRO](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58ac5a1b1b1138a5/698a346c09208fd5d64196e8/GettyImages-1242375600.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 8, 2022  
## [Gustavo Petro Could Transform Colombia](https://time.com/6204300/gustavo-petro-colombia-inauguration-washington/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Eloise Barry
* ![Gustavo Petro Victory](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e2bc879406659a1/698a3309b21a9ce393506276/Gustavo-Petro-Victory.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 22, 2022  
## [Colombia May Be First Oil-Rich Country to Quit Fossil Fuels](https://time.com/6189763/colombia-oil-gustavo-petro/)  
[CLIMATE](/section/climate/)  
by Ciara Nugent  
* ![COLOMBIA-ELECTION-RUNOFF-PETRO-SUPPORTERS](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbfeec41544c4806a/698a32dd011682766c981fae/gustavo-petro-colombia.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 17, 2022  
## [What You Need To Know About Colombia’s Election](https://time.com/6188361/colombia-presidential-election-gustavo-petro-rodolfo-hernandez/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Eloise Barry
* ![COLOMBIA-ELECTION-RUNOFF-PETRO-PROPAGANDA](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltac845251edfdff1d/698a32f3d075332303e6cf0b/GettyImages-1241353584.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 17, 2022  
## [Colombians Want Change. They'll Get It No Matter Who Wins the Presidential Election](https://time.com/6188717/colombia-presidential-election/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Ian Bremmer
* ![Colombian Senator and opposition leader Gustavo Petro delivers a speech during a campaign rally as a presidential pre-candidate on November 19, 2021 in Medellin, Colombia.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt677b22a830783afa/698a218986f68e04bc6f0ce4/gustavo-petro-anti-oil-bloc.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 14, 2022  
## [Colombia Presidential Favorite Seeks Global Anti-Oil Bloc](https://time.com/6139508/gustavo-petro-anti-oil-bloc/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![Demonstrators gather on a street in Bogota on May 12. Demonstrations that began two weeks ago as anger over pandemic-related tax reforms have intensified and spread, turning into a collective howl of outrage over abuses by the national police force.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc9486a06d4b352b/698a19a9096a940bae6a9625/colombia-demonstrations-tax-reform-police-force.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 17, 2021  
## [What Happens Next With the Protests Roiling Colombia](https://time.com/6048639/protests-colombia/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Ian Bremmer
* ![Protesters climb the sculpture of Simon Bolivar, thousands of Colombians take to the streets to protest against the government and the tax reform that would raise taxes on basic foodstuffs. Picture by Andrés Cardona.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb5a76ffd48f745f/698a196c656a3fb579bdb426/Colombia_Tax_Protests_001.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 7, 2021  
## ['There's No Easy Way Out of This.' How Anti-Government Protests in Colombia Escalated into Deadly Clashes with Police](https://time.com/6046808/colombia-protests-police-crackdown/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Ciara Nugent

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