BOGOTA

• Colombia declares an economic emergency in a criticized effort to raise more taxes - Colombia ’s government has declared an economic state of emergency that enables President Gustavo Petro's administration to issue taxes by decree, as the nation struggles to finance hospitals and the military while paying off record debts.
• Colombia will use drones to destroy coca crops as it grapples with record cocaine production - Colombia will use drones to resume spraying of coca crops with a weed killer, the government announced on Monday as authorities grapple with record levels of cocaine production that have fueled tensions with the Trump administration. The S
• Colombia says ELN rebels killed 2 police officers as they protest US military build up - Colombian police said Tuesday that two officers were killed in the southwestern city of Cali in an attack by the National Liberation Army, a rebel group that stepped up attacks against the government this week. The National Liberation Army