According to Colombia's constitution, this emergency measure cannot be used to suspend congress or eliminate civil rights.

Guerrilla attacks in the country’s northeast have killed dozens and forced thousands of people flee their homes.

Colombian president Gustavo Petro says he will declare a state of emergency, following a spate of guerrilla attacks in the ...

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro has declared a state of siege amid escalating violence in Catatumbo, Norte de Santander, ...

At least 20 Colombian fighters from rival rebel factions were killed in clashes over a strategic area for drug trafficking. Violence involved FARC and ELN factions and resulted in a state of emergency ...

BOGOTA (Reuters) -At least 20 Colombian fighters from rival rebel factions were killed in weekend clashes over control of a strategic jungle area for drug trafficking, military sources and the human ...

Over 100 people have been killed in an outbreak of guerrilla violence in Colombia, predominantly along the Venezuelan border, where thousands of people have been displaced by the worst fighting in ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro warned on Monday that his nation’s military will take offensive actions against the ...

At least 80 people are dead and more than 18,000 have been forced to flee their homes in Colombia, officials say, amid fierce ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced military action against the National Liberation Army (ELN) after a series of ...

The unusually deadly violence delivers a devastating blow to the “total peace” program of the country’s first leftist ...

The criminal war in northeast Colombia has escalated, as intense fighting between two Colombian guerrilla groups erupted in ...