Christina Noriega for Foreign Policy Almost 40 years after the U.S.-led war on drugs reached Colombia, the country remains the largest coca cultivator and cocaine producer in the world.

The criminal war in northeast Colombia has escalated, as intense fighting between two Colombian guerrilla groups erupted in the Catatumbo region, a key cocaine production hub and criminal hotspot ...

With approval ratings falling and key reforms stalled, Colombian President Gustavo Petro enters the final year of his term ...

The country's first leftist president calls for "a new international convention that accepts that the war on drugs has failed." The United States opposes decriminalization.

Colombia, one of the world’s top producers of cocaine, has long been a key partner in Washington’s failed war on drugs. But Gustavo Petro, the newly sworn-in Colombian president, has made good ...

Officials released video showing the detained suspect, who is accused of leading the largest "narco sailboat" organization in the world.

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia's government is reactivating arrest orders for the top leadership of the nation's largest rebel group following attacks on civilians as part of a deadly turf war with ...

Commanders from Colombia's National Liberation Army guerrilla group have vowed to repel a government counteroffensive in the country's northeast, warning that years of "total peace" risk turning ...

Colombia declared a state of emergency and launched a military offensive against left-wing guerrillas following violence that claimed over 100 lives, threatening the peace process. The unrest ...

A Colombian drug lord dubbed "the Prince of Semi-Submersibles" was sentenced to over 20 years in prison for operating a fleet of narco-submarines that smuggled thousands of kilos of cocaine into ...

Colombia's record-high cocaine production is fueling instability, corruption, and violence, threatening the nation's economy and oil industry.

The U.S. State Department has recalled its top diplomat in Colombia for urgent consultations. The move follows comments from ...