Colombia’s bungled reforms show why healthcare systems must be shielded from politics. Luke Taylor reports It started with delays. Patients queued for hours outside pharmacies from dawn and routine surgeries were regularly postponed.

Colombia’s president on Tuesday reduced wages for members of Congress by approximately 30%, as the South American nation faces a budget crunch and gets ready to hold elections in the first semester of this year.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has rejected a plea from Venezuelan counterpart Nicolás Maduro for military support against the United States. “I cannot give orders to the Venezuelan army, nor can anyone there give orders to the Colombian army ...

Colombia holds its breath as President Gustavo Petro heads to DC. Natasha Hakimi Zapata Bogotá— “Don’t go!” more than one voice could be heard shouting in the packed Teatro Colón on January 24. The plea was in response to Colombian senator María José Pizarro Rodríguez’s declaration that Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro would be traveling to the White House on February 3 “in an act of courage.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump abruptly changed his tone Wednesday about his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, saying they had exchanged a friendly phone call and he’d even invited the leader of the South American country to the White House.