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Fewer Showers, Less Laundry, As Water Cuts Hit Bogota

Residents of Bogota are facing fewer showers, minimal laundry loads and dirty cars as the Colombian capital imposes water rations due to a severe drought aggravated by the El Nino climate phenomenon.

International Business Times

Colombia seeks to join Gaza genocide case against Israel at ICJ

Bogota calls on the World Court to ensure ‘the safety’ and ‘the very existence of the Palestinian people’.

Al Jazeera

Amid Crime Surge, Vendors In Bogota Turn To Hired Guns

On the streets of a Bogota neighborhood where a businessman was killed for refusing to pay protection money, retired soldiers sporting weapons and camouflage gear keep a watchful eye on every movement.

International Business Times

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Colombians Protest Against Petro's Reforms, Urge Government To Address Security Conditions

The Petro-led administration's key proposals -- focusing on reforms in health, pensions, the labor system and education -- have encountered strong resistance both in Congress as well as from the opposition.

Latin Times

Cristobal Del Solar makes history, shoots first 57 at any PGA Tour-sanctioned event

Cristobal Del Solar made history Thursday in Bogota, Colombia.

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Invasive Vegetation Stoking Fierce Bogota Fires

Forest fires which have engulfed Bogota in smoke over the past week have been fueled by highly flammable foreign plant species that have invaded Colombia's capital, experts say.

International Business Times

Colombia Declares Disaster, Requests International Help for Wildfires

Colombia declares a disaster and seeks international aid to combat wildfires worsened by El Niño. Lack of fire departments in some areas poses challenges.

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Colombian president's statements on Gaza jeopardize close military ties with Israel

Escalating tensions between Colombia and Israel over the Gaza war could undo decades of close military ties between them

The Independent UK

A mudslide in Colombia kills at least 14 people and blocks a crucial highway

Officials in Colombia say a mudslide in a central part of the country has killed at least 14 people and blocked a highway that connects Bogota to the nation’s eastern plains

The Independent UK

He boasted about an epic first date on Twitter. Now he’s charged with his fiancée’s murder

Prosecutors in Bogota say John Poulos, 35, beat and strangled his 21-year-old fiancé Valentina Trespalacios, a star DJ, before attempting to flee

The Independent UK

Rescued Colombian kids in ‘high spirits’

BOGOTA: The four Indigenous children rescued after wandering the Colombian Amazon for 40 days are recovering and in "high spirits", welfare officials said Monday, even drawing a picture thought to depict a missing army search dog.

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Colombia plane crash mother was alive for four days and told children to ‘leave her to survive’

Four children survive for 40 days in Amazon jungle after plane crash

WEKU

4 children who survived for 40 days in the Colombian jungle recover as details emerge

The children, aged 13, 9, 4, and 11 months, are expected to remain for at least two weeks in a hospital receiving treatment after their rescue Friday.

Radio France Internationale

Colombian children found alive in Amazon jungle 40 days after plane crash

Four Indigenous children who had been missing for more than a month in the Colombian Amazon rainforest were found alive and flown to the capital Bogota early on Saturday.

The Independent UK

On US Bike to Work Day, here's how COVID, eco-thinking made cycling better in cities worldwide

During the worst of the pandemic, outdoor recreation surged as people took up pursuits to escape isolation

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Colombian migrants deported from U.S. tell of disappointment

Colombian migrants deported from the United States arrived in capital Bogota early on Thursday, describing their disappointment of not living the "American dream."

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US, EU, Latin American countries meet to encourage Venezuela elections

A summit meant to reinvigorate talks between the Venezuelan government of Nicolas Maduro and opposition political parties, attended by representatives from 19 countries and the European Union, produced no concrete results on Tuesday, though a further meeting was planned.

France 24

Colombian journalist Rafael Moreno: Paying the ultimate price for the truth

Rafael Moreno was a Colombian journalist who regularly exposed corruption and crime in his northern home region of Cordoba. On his Facebook page, Moreno tirelessly denounced embezzlement in public contracts and illegal resource extraction. But he paid the ultimate price for his reporting. Our Bogota correspondent Pascale Mariani travelled to…

Reuters

Biden to discuss Venezuela sanctions with Colombia's Petro in White House talks -official

President Joe Biden will discuss Venezuela in wide-ranging talks with Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Thursday, including U.S. willingness to further ease sanctions on the OPEC nation only in return for concrete steps toward free elections there, a senior administration official said.

Daily Mirror

Enormous hippo descended from Pablo Escobar's herd dies after being hit by a car

The people inside the vehicle were unharmed in the collision which took place on a highway from Bogota to Medellin in the northwest, close to where Pablo Escobar's estate in Colombia

Reuters

Colombia protesters demand bull-fighting ban

Demonstrators in Colombia's capital Bogota protested bull fighting and bull running on Tuesday, calling on lawmakers to ban the practice.

Reuters

Colombia and Venezuela sign deal to revive trade

Colombia and Venezuela on Thursday signed an agreement to revive trade between the two countries during a ceremony on a border bridge at which Colombia's President Gustavo Petro and Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro both signed.

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