Politics

This is how a driver, apparently drunk, fled an operation and assaulted a traffic officer in Medellin

A taxi driver who fled an operation in the Industriales sector, reversing his vehicle at high speed down Avenida 33, ended up assaulting a mobility agent in Medellin...

Tensions at the National University: Why was the university filled with banners against Petro and Juliana Guerrero?

President Gustavo Petro's government would seek to fast-track the university constituent assembly, which, according to some sectors, would politicize the National University, while teachers announce a strike. The information comes on the day Petro will visit the main campus in Bogotá to officially inaugurate a building.

Video: 14 people arrested for various theft cases in Cartagena

Amidst a strategy focused on combating theft in the city, the National Police reported the capture of 14 people accused of participating in different types of robberies in the city of Cartagena.

Supersociedades upholds dismissal of investigation against directors of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce

Bogotá Chamber of Commerce Photo: Rodrigo Sepúlveda / Portafolio

El Nuevo Herald

President Donald Trump assures that Venezuelans are "really happy" amidst the transition process led by his administration, but new polls suggest a growing disconnect between Washington's optimism and public sentiment within the South American country. By El Nuevo Herald Speaking on Monday at a White House event, Trump highlighted what he described as a change in Venezuela's social and economic climate following the capture of former ruler Nicolás Maduro in a US military operation earlier this year.

Ombudsman warns of deterioration of press freedom in the country: 469 aggressions in 2025

The Ombudsman presented the complex panorama facing journalistic practice in the country. In a recent report, it warned of an increase in aggressions and a deterioration in the guarantees for exercising this profession nationally.

"I'm still in the fight": The story of Hannah Natanson, Pulitzer winner whom the FBI tried to silence

In 2018, Hannah Natanson was 22 years old and editor of The Harvard Crimson, the student newspaper of that prestigious university. She collaborated with that...

Consultora GAD3 suspends publication of surveys in Colombia due to new interpretation of electoral regulations

Portafolio Journalist 05.05.2026 10:34 Updated: 05.05.2026 10:34

Child exploitation ring falls in Medellín: seven people arrested, including a Mexican

The Attorney General's Office, in a joint operation with the National Police and the United States' National Security Investigations Office...

The story of ‘Dayana’, the 15-year-old minor recruited by the ELN and now in the hands of FARC dissidents

A 15-year-old girl, who calls herself ‘Dayana’, appears in a video recorded by FARC dissidents in Catatumbo. She, surrounded by AK-47 rifles, was recruited by ELN criminals amidst clashes and ended up in the hands of FARC dissidents after an ambush in a rural area of Tibú, in Catatumbo.

A paradise under terror: violence besieges the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

Police stand guard at the entrance to Tayrona National Natural Park, Photo: LUIS ACOSTA/AFP

La izquierda en busca de sí misma

🔴 DIRECTO | Gabriel Boric, en la cumbre progresista: "Hay una desafección hacia el derecho internacional y humanitario. La democracia no es un estado natural de las cosas, tenemos que cultivarla día a día" https://t.co/5U7iAyxgvD pic.twitter.com/DNyXqKzynn