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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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‘Terrifying’: Critics decry US plan to stop migrants at Darién Gap

Deal with Colombia and Panama aims to halt refugees crossing the lawless jungle region, but some say dangers will only increase

The Guardian - US

Colombia floats new strategy for Escobar’s hippos: ship them abroad

Since the drug lord’s imported hippos escaped after his death in 1993, the government has repeatedly failed to tame the booming population

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The left could be poised to take power in Colombia for the first time

Gustavo Petro, a former guerrilla fighter, obtained 40.34 per cent of the vote in the first round of Colombian elections on May 29.

The Conversation

A leftist will face a businessman as Colombia's presidential race heads to a runoff

The results represent a major shift in the Latin American country's presidential politics that conservatives and moderates had long dominated.

WEKU

Colombia goes into elections Sunday with a leftist looking to make history

Colombia's presidential election is Sunday, and for the first time, a leftist candidate is favored to come out ahead. Business elites are nervous.

WEKU

Number of migrants crossing dangerous Darien Gap soars: UNHCR

UN refugee agency says number of people taking Panamanian jungle route tripled so far this year compared with 2021.

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