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With Unprecedented Coachella Showing, Latin Music Continues US Dominance

An unprecedented number of Latin acts performed at this year's Coachella, commanding the festival's main stage as the popularity of Spanish-language music soars. In total this year's line-up saw 20 artists from Latin America and its diaspora performing at the premier music festival in the California desert -- up from…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Easter Feaster: Animal Trafficker Busted Smuggling Over 2,000 Turtles Destined To Be Eaten

For Catholics, Easter means abstaining from eating meat on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and the other Fridays leading up to Easter.

Zenger

Barcelona honours Gabriel García Márquez with new library

The Colombian Nobel laureate, who lived in the city from 1967-75, is to have a €12m building specialising in Latin American literature named after him

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El Chapo cartel member arrested in Colombia after model girlfriend posts photos on Facebook

Trafficker wanted in 196 countries

The Independent UK

Rewriting The Cannabis Narrative In Colombia: Part 2

In 2016, Colombia passed a landmark framework regulating the production, distribution, sale, and export of seeds and other cannabis derivatives<

Benzinga

Football World Cup eliminations dash small business hopes

From Colombia to Nigeria, traders in football-loving nations are counting losses of failure to make it to Qatar 2022.

Al Jazeera

Colombian Cops Bust 21 Suspects And Seize Over 1,000 Exotic Animals Worth $1 Million

The authorities said they arrested "21 people during the process of 15 raids in different parts of the country".

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Freddy Rincon: Former Colombia captain dies aged 55 after car crash

The former midfielder had a spell with Real Madrid in the mid-90s and played for the national team for over a decade

The Independent UK

Freddy Rincon dead: Former Real Madrid star, 55, dies after car collides with bus

The former Colombian international was pronounced dead by a hospital in his home country following a car crash that saw his vehicle collide with a bus after it had run a red light

Daily Mirror

Freddy Rincon dead: Former Real Madrid and Colombia star passes away aged 55 after car crash

Freddy Rincon, the former captain of Colombia and player for the likes of Real Madrid and Napoli, has died at the age of 55.

Evening Standard

Former Colombia great Freddy Rincón dies, aged 55, following car crash

The former Colombia and Real Madrid midfielder sustained severe head injuries after an accident in the city of Cali

The Guardian - AU

Colombia president: evidence implicates ex-soldiers in Haiti

Colombian President Iván Duque says there is evidence and testimony that seriously implicate “practically all” of the former Colombian soldiers being held in Haiti in the assassination of that country’s president, Jovenel Moïse

The Independent UK

Freddy Rincon's son posts emotional picture as ex-Real Madrid star critical after car crash

Ex-Real Madrid and Colombia star Freddy Rincon remains in a critical condition after being involved in a car crash on Monday and his son, Sebastian, has shared a touching image from hospital

Daily Mirror

Rewriting The Cannabis Narrative In Colombia: Part 1

For decades, Colombia has borne the burden of America’s foreign drug policy. The public imagination has long been associated with the legacy of narco-trafficking violence perpetrated by Pablo Escobar, the Medellin cartel, and the Cali Cartel.

Benzinga

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The Guardian - US

Colombia urged to investigate botched army raid that left four civilians dead

March raid in remote Putumayo village was intended to target former Farc dissidents now involved in cocaine trade

Reuters

Venezuelans lead growing number of migrants crossing Panama's dangerous Darien

The number of migrants crossing the treacherous Darien Gap linking Colombia and Panama more than doubled in the first quarter of 2022 compared with the year-earlier period, led by Venezuelans, Panamanian officials said on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Colombia's leader touts peace efforts, says drugs are enemy

In a farewell appearance at the U.N. Security Council, Colombian President Ivan Duque is touting his government’s accomplishments in building peace, including steps to reintegrate more than 12,800 former rebels into society

Reuters

Mexican cartels swap arms for cocaine, fueling Colombia violence

Mexican drug cartels appear to be shipping high-powered weapons to Colombia to purchase shipments of cocaine, a trade Colombian authorities say is fueling the deadly struggle between rival traffickers for control of the nation's drug routes.

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The Independent UK

Freddy Rincon: Former Colombia captain in critical condition following car crash

Rincon spent two seasons at Real Madrid and won 84 caps for Colombia

Benzinga

Khiron Opens New Zerenia Clinic And Medical Cannabis Pharmacy In Colombia

Khiron Life Sciences Corp. (OTCQX:KHRNF) (TSXV:KHRN)(Frankfurt:A2JMZC) is opening a new Zerenia clinic location and a new retail pharmacy in Colombia.

Reuters

Colombian police rescue 1,000 animals in anti-smuggling operation

Colombia's national police rescued over 1,000 ocelots, snakes, birds and other animals valued at more than $1 million on the black market, authorities said on Monday.

The Guardian - UK

Former Colombia player Freddy Rincón in critical condition after car crash

The former Colombia and Real Madrid midfielder Freddy Rincón sustained severe head injuries after an accident in the city of Cali

Evening Standard

Former Real Madrid star Freddy Rincon in critical condition after car crashes into bus in Colombia

Former Real Madrid player and captain of the Colombia national team Freddy Rincon is in a critical condition after a serious car accident.

Daily Mirror

Former Real Madrid star Freddy Rincon in critical condition after car crash

Freddy Rincon played for Real Madrid and Napoli during his accomplished playing career but the former midfielder is now fighting for his life in hospital after being involved in a car crash

Daily Record

Rangers beat Celtic to unofficial title of world’s 'favourite Scottish football club'

They received most clicks in Scotland, across the UK and in countries such as The Netherlands, homeland of boss Giovanni van Bronckhorst, and Colombia, home to striker Alfredo Morelos.

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