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The International Monetary Fund has suspended Colombia’s access to a $9.8bn flexible credit line, citing a deterioration in fiscal discipline and a sharp rise in public debt, a move that triggered political controversy and stoked fears over the country’s financial resilience.

Germany and Colombia signed an important agreement on Wednesday to deepen cooperation on migration policy, strengthening legal pathways for Colombian nationals to study, train and work in Germany, while also stepping up efforts to curb irregular migration.

The Colombian capital is once again set to turn into a walkable, open-air museum as ARTBO Fin de Semana (ARTBO Weekend) returns for its ninth edition from April 25 to 27. Organized by the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce (CCB), ARTBO Weekend has become a cornerstone of the city’s cultural calendar and a key prelude to the ARTBO International Art Fair held in September.

A carefully worded, four-page letter is sending shockwaves through Colombia’s political establishment, after former Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva accused President Gustavo Petro of drug addiction and the cause of his erratic conduct, calling into question the leader’s ability to govern. Leyva, a veteran statesman and lifelong conservative known for his work on peace negotiations with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla, did not mince words.

The Colombian government of President Gustavo Petro has declared a national health emergency following a spike in yellow fever cases that has raised alarms across the country’s rural regions. According to the Ministry of Health, led by Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo, Colombia has recorded 76 cases and confirmed 34 deaths so far this year. The declaration has reignited concerns about the growing impact of mosquito-borne diseases and the country’s vulnerability in responding to a nationwide vaccination campaign.

During Holy Week, Bogotá will pulse to the rhythms and harmonies of a different kind of liturgy – not one rooted in silence and solemnity, but in the complex, expressive power of 20th-and 21st-century classical music from across the Americas. From April 16 to 19, theVII Festival Internacional de Música Clásica de Bogotáwill bring together leading orchestras, soloists and ensembles to celebrate a century of musical creation from Alaska to Patagonia.

In a city of concrete towers and insufferable traffic, the Museo de Arte Miguel Urrutia (MAMU) invites audiences in Bogotá to step inside a very different world: a sprawling, imaginative garden assembled not from earth, but from canvas, pigment, and vision.

The dark rain clouds that have shrouded Bogotá in mist and drizzle have not been in vain, and because of the inclement weather across the Eastern Andes, one of the most severe water crises in Bogotá’s recent history officially comes to an end this Saturday.

In kitchens across Colombia and the coastal towns of the Basque Country, a quiet revolution is simmering. Eight chefs – four Colombian, four Basque – are reshaping the culinary landscape, blending tradition with innovation, and turning their restaurants into platforms for cultural expression and social change.

The international scientific community is in mourning following the brutal murder of Italian molecular biologist Alessandro Coatti, whose dismembered remains were discovered near Santa Marta, Colombia. Coatti, 42, had recently resigned from his position at the Royal Society of Biology (RSB) in the UK to volunteer in Ecuador and travel across South America.