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Ex-Olympic snowboarder accused in drug smuggling ring heads to court

A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned top FBI fugitive is expected to appear in federal court on charges related to allegedly running a billion-dollar multinational drug trafficking ring and orchestrating multiple killings

The Independent UK

They survived conquistadors and settlers. Now the Arhuaco are facing an even greater threat

Colombia’s Sierra Nevada has become a strategic prize for drug traffickers and paramilitaries, leaving its Indigenous people threatened with ‘physical and cultural extinction’

The Guardian - UK

Trump’s Plan for Venezuelan Oil Raises Prospects of Paramilitary Violence

Latin America has lots of experience with private military contractors protecting foreign companies in lawless conflict zones. It seldom goes well.

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‘Walking in the Lake District drizzle rewired my head’: readers’ life-changing trips

From the jungles of Colombia to sailing in Croatia, our readers reflect on the life lessons travel has taught them

The Guardian - UK

5,500-year-old human skeleton discovered in Colombia holds the oldest evidence yet that syphilis came from the Americas

An ancient DNA analysis of a 5,500-year-old human skeleton reveals that an ancestor of the bacterium that causes syphilis was present in the Americas at least 3,000 years earlier than previously thought.

LiveScience

US sanctions Costa Rican drug network, including an aesthetic salon, for trafficking cocaine

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on five Costa Ricans and five Costa Rican entities for allegedly transporting cocaine from Colombia

The Independent UK

Colombia imposes tariffs and halts energy sales to Ecuador as trade feud escalates

Colombia has announced a 30% tax on certain Ecuadorian products and says it will suspend energy sales to Ecuador

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Colombian Foreign Minister Currently Can't Attend UN Security Council Meeting Because Her Visa Has Not Been Approved

Colombian Foreign Minister Rosa Villavicencio may not be able to attend a UN Security Council meeting because her special visa has not been approved, local press noted.

Latin Times

Colombia's Largest Guerrilla Group Backs Call For All Militias To Unite And Repel Any U.S. Operations

Antonio Garcia, leader of the largest guerrilla group in Colombia, backed a call for all militias in the country to unite to repel any U.S. operations there, according to a new report.

Latin Times

Corn Gives into Weakness on Wednesday

Corn futures posted weaker trade heading into Wednesday, with contracts fractionally to 2 cents lower on the session. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 1 1/2 cents at $3.84 1/2. USDA reported a couple private export sales of 150,000 MT of corn to Colombia and 195,000 MT...

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Pregnant woman in medical distress deported from US, says attorney

Woman who’s eight months pregnant sent to Colombia by ICE, despite belated court order to keep her out of the air

The Guardian - US

Corn Slipping into Midday

Corn futures are showing fractional to 1 ½ cent losses across most contracts on Wednesday’s midday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is down 1 ¼ cents at $3.85 1/2. USDA reported a couple private export sales of 150,000 MT of corn to Colombia and 195,000 MT to unknown...

Barchart

Catholicism sees steep decline in Latin America, with more people identifying as religiously unaffiliated

The study encompassed adults in six of the region's most populous countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru

The Independent UK

Trump Admin Accuses Maduro's Son of Having Drug Trafficking Ties With Colombian Militia

The Trump administration has accused Nicolás Ernesto Maduro Guerra, the only biological son of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, of maintaining ties to Colombian armed groups involved in drug trafficking.

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Colombia says former FARC rebels have not kept promises to surrender cash and gold

Officials in Colombia say that the former rebel group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, is violating a 2016 peace deal with the Colombian government by failing to relinquish gold, land and other assets to fund reparations for the group’s victims

The Conversation

19th-century plan for a slaving empire based in US deep south and Caribbean resonates with Trump’s foreign policy today

One year into his second term of office, Donald Trump’s foreign policy aspirations have led him to variously lay claim to Canada, the Panama Canal and, most contentiously at present, Greenland. He has kidnapped the head of state of Venezuela, saying that the US can run the country and exploit…

Latin Times

Trump Admin Accuses Maduro's Son of Having Drug Trafficking Ties With Colombian Militia

The Guardian - UK

Colombian ex-paramilitary leader jailed for crimes against Indigenous groups

Salvatore Mancuso given 40-year sentence, which could be reduced after truth and reparation activities

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The Independent UK

Colombian warlord to serve 40 years in prison for crimes against Indigenous people

Salvatore Mancuso was sentenced for his crimes agains the La Guajira community

The Guardian - UK

Beatriz González obituary

Colombian artist whose haunting work dealt with questions of power and conflict for six decades

Evening Standard

Colombian woman wanted for 'killing children with poisoned berries' escapes Interpol but not Chiswick lifeboat

Zulma Guzman Castro, who was the subject of an international manhunt, was dramatically pulled from the Thames

Latin Times

Venezuelan Regime Appears To Have Given Colombian Guerrilla ELN Green Light To Control The Border Between The Countries, Expert Says

The Venezuelan regime appears to have given the Colombian guerrilla Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional (ELN) a green light to control the border between the two countries, according to an expert in the region.

The Conversation

How cocaine traffickers launder cartel money

The cocaine market exploded between 2014 and 2023. Production in Colombia increased more than sevenfold to nearly 2,700 tonnes, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

Latin Times

The Revival of 'Sin Senos Sí Hay Paraíso' Starts Filming in Colombia with Catalina 'La Grande' and El Titi as Central Figures

Telemundo confirmed today the start of production on a new season of Sin Senos Sí Hay Paraíso, reviving a franchise that was previously believed to have reached its definitive conclusion in December of 2019. The new chapter places Catalina Santana and Aurelio "El Titi" Jaramillo at the core of the…

The Independent UK

Inside the Cartagena boutique hotel starring in The Night Manager

The second instalment of the anticipated spy thriller may be over, but superfans can relive the action at this Colombian hotel spotlighted in the series

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