Patricia Laya

The force of a magnitude 7.4 earthquake tore through western Colombia on Monday, reducing buildings to rubble, sending residents into the streets and setting off a desperate search for people trapped under the debris.

Abelardo de la Espriella was only just inaugurated. His pledges to voters are already at risk.

The death toll from Colombia’s earthquake rose above 200 as the new government of President Abelardo de la Espriella concentrates its efforts on responding to the strongest tremor to strike the country in 47 years.

The death toll from Colombia’s earthquake rose to 265 as President Abelardo de la Espriella moved to declare an economic emergency to confront the fallout from the strongest tremor to

The death toll from Colombia's earthquake rose to 265 as President Abelardo de la Espriella moved to declare an economic emergency to confront the fallout from the strongest tremor to strike the country in 47 years.

The death toll from Colombia's earthquake rose to 265 as President Abelardo de la Espriella moved to declare an economic emergency to confront the fallout from the strongest tremor to strike the country in 47 years.

Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez said she will eliminate police checkpoints in cities, dismantling one of the key tools widely used for surveillance and repression under Chavismo over the past decade.

The Trump administration is in talks with Venezuela to take an ownership stake in the Latin American nation’s oil fields, Axios reported.

Venezuelan hard-liners and opposition forces alike criticized acting President Delcy Rodríguez for agreeing to grant the US exclusive access to the country’s valuable oil resources. She may be betting that the deal with Donald Trump is her ticket to a tighter grip on power.

(Bloomberg) -- Venezuelan hard-liners and opposition forces alike criticized acting President Delcy Rodríguez for agreeing to grant the US exclusive access to the country's valuable oil resources.