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Colombia, ELN rebels invite three more countries to help with peace talks

Colombia's government and leftist guerrilla group the National Liberation Army (ELN) said on Friday they have agreed to invite Brazil, Chile and Mexico as so-called guarantor countries in peace talks that seek to end nearly 60 years of conflict.

Reuters

Colombia's ex-FARC leaders face up to eight year sentences for kidnappings

Colombia's transitional justice tribunal recommended sentencing seven former FARC guerilla commanders to five to eight years for kidnappings and similar crimes during the country's decades-long armed conflict.

Reuters

Four arrested after police seize 230kg of cocaine buried inside animal feed and oranges

A shipment of animal feed from Colombia to a farm in Somerset was found to contain the class A drug

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Colombian cyclists suspected of doping: The battle to stay clean

Since 2016, Colombian cyclists have topped the podiums in the French, Spanish and Italian tours. Yet these successes hide a dark secret: a doping problem. Along with Costa Rica and Italy, Colombia has the highest number of cyclists sanctioned for taking performance-enhancing drugs. The Colombian anti-doping agency is trying to…

France 24

Peace talks will not slow Colombia's offensive against armed groups -officials

New peace talks with Colombia's insurgency have not stalled the country's offensives against armed groups, drug traffickers and illegal miners, two senior officials said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Echo 3 review – a hostage drama that’s like Band of Brothers meets EastEnders

From the writer of The Hurt Locker, this show about a rescue mission to save a loved one from Colombian guerrillas stars two buff bros who channel Phil and Grant Mitchell

The Guardian - UK

Hard-working Colombian beetles clean garbage, retire as pets

A Colombian company is using beetles to transform food waste into fertilizer— and then sends some off to retirement as pets in Japan

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Small plane carrying eight people crashes into residential area of Colombia killing all onboard

Social media footage showed fire emerging from a building and plumes of thick smoke rising into the sky

The Independent UK

Colombia plane crash: At least eight killed after aircraft smashes into apartment blocks

A plane that had reported a problem with an engine crashed into apartment blocks in a residential area of Medellin, Colombia, with all eight people on board dying

Daily Mirror

Colombia, ELN rebels start peace talks, hoping to end six decades of war

Negotiators from the Colombian government and leftist guerrilla group the National Liberation Army (ELN) began peace talks on Monday, the first major step in President Gustavo Petro's efforts to end nearly 60 years of war.

Reuters

Colombian government, guerrilla group resume peace talks

The Colombian government and the South American country’s largest remaining guerrilla group are set to resume peace negotiations, breaking a roughly four-year hiatus during which the rebels have expanded the territory where they operate

The Independent UK

Small plane crashes into residential area of Medellin, 8 people on board - city authorities

A small plane has crashed into a residential area of Colombia's second-largest city Medellin, its mayor said on Twitter on Monday.

Reuters

FARC dissident fighting leaves 18 dead in southern Colombia

At least 18 people died in fighting between two FARC dissident factions for control of a drug trafficking area in Colombia's southern jungle, said Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez on Monday.

Reuters

Martin Schram: Searching for a new age of leaders

Someday, history’s chroniclers will label this November as the month when America’s political elites and also America’s just plain people of the left, center and right suddenly began trying to see beyond the horizon – urgently hoping to discover their next generation of leaders.

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Sex parties and fast cars: US agent turned cartel mole claims DEA corruption

As he enters prison, a disgraced former DEA agent who lived a decadent double life has claimed his own crimes were the tip of the iceberg

The Independent UK

American man killed on Tinder date in Colombia: They ‘chose money and greed over a single thought of my brother’s life’

“We believe there were multiple people involved and she was just there to lure him and set him up,” sister says

Reuters

Colombia, ELN rebels to begin peace talks on Monday: Petro

The Colombian government and left-wing guerrilla group the National Liberation Army (ELN) will restart peace talks to end nearly 60 years of war next week, President Gustavo Petro said on Thursday.

Tribune News Service

United States needs Jesús Ferreira to thrive at World Cup. He’s ready for the pressure.

DALLAS — In the 26 World Cup matches it has played in the last 70 years, the United States men’s soccer team has 25 goals, a paltry output even for a low-scoring sport.

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Daily Mirror

Wife of pop star shot dead in front of her husband by four armed men on motorbikes

Two men on motorbikes rolled up beside Ana Marcela Calderón González - the wife of a Colombian pop star - and riddled her with bullets after she had just withdrawn £2,652 from their bank

Al Jazeera

World Cup 2002: When football’s biggest party arrived in Asia

A few big names from previous tournaments missed out, including Netherlands, Romania, Colombia and Norway.

The Independent UK

DEA’s most corrupt agent: Parties, sex amid 'unwinnable war'

José Irizarry accepts that he’s known as the most corrupt agent in U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration history, admitting he conspired with Colombian cartels to build a lavish lifestyle of sportscars, jewels and paramours around the world

Reuters

Workers block Colombia coal miner Cerrejon's rail access to export facility

Colombian coal miner Cerrejon, owned by Anglo-Swiss commodities giant Glencore, said on Saturday that a group of former workers has been blocking a rail line to a key export facility on the Caribbean Coast.

Evening Standard

Watch: Joe Biden mixes up Cambodia and Colombia in latest gaffe

US president appears to mix up Cambodia and Colombia at international summit

Reuters

U.S. President Biden slips up on name of ASEAN summit host Cambodia

U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday referred to Cambodia, which is hosting an international summit led by Southeast Asian leaders, as Colombia.

France 24

Colombian President Gustavo Petro: ‘The war on drugs was a failure’

The war against drugs has killed more than a million people in Latin America without denting the power of drug trafficking mafias, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro tells FRANCE 24 and RFI in a wide-ranging interview that also touches on the war in Ukraine, the climate emergency and the tentative peace…

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