A Colombian Senator, Miguel Uribe, Is Shot at a Campaign Event
The brazen attack, captured on video, recalled the political violence of past decades. The senator arrived at a hospital in critical condition.
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Pablo Escobar’s top cocaine pilot details working for drug lord in new podcast
Tirso ‘TJ’ Dominguez says Escobar paid him $20m monthly to fly planeloads of cokeA man who eventually became Pablo Escobar’s go-to cocaine pilot has revealed that he first turned down an employment offer from the notorious Colombian drug lord because h…
Trump’s Immigration Policies Push Venezuelan Migrants to Risk ‘Self-Deportation’
Thousands of Venezuelan migrants are doing just what U.S. leaders want them to. But to get home, they face as many dangers as on the journey north.
Murder of Colombian model sparks outrage over rising femicides
María José Estupiñán, 22, was killed by a suspect who arrived at her house disguised as a delivery man, police sayThe murder of a Colombian model and influencer, now being investigated as a possible femicide, has triggered widespread outrage and renewe…
Brazil’s president seeks ‘indestructible’ links with China amid Trump trade war
Remark comes as Brazil, Colombia and Chile’s leaders fly to Beijing amid international uncertainty generated by TrumpThe Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has heralded his desire to build “indestructible” relations with China, as the lead…
Climate crisis threatens the banana, the world’s most popular fruit, research shows
Fourth most important food crop in peril as Latin America and Caribbean suffer from slow-onset climate disasterThe climate crisis is threatening the future of the world’s most popular fruit, as almost two-thirds of banana-growing areas in Latin America…
Colombia Grants Asylum to Ricardo Martinelli, Ex-President of Panama
The former leader said he had traveled to Bogotá after spending a year holed up the Nicaraguan Embassy in Panama City following a money-laundering conviction.
As U.S. Support Vanishes, a Nation’s Postwar Peace Teeters
The Trump administration cut off aid to Colombia that has been vital to keeping the promises of a peace deal with a major rebel group, as violence worsens in many corners of the country.
Trump is jailing immigrant families again. A mother, father and teen tell of ‘anguish on a daily basis’
Family incarceration has been revived after Biden – and Jade, Jason and Gabriela are speaking out about their distressing treatment in TexasWhen Jade and her family first arrived at the detention facility in Karnes county, Texas, she wasn’t really sure…
Colombian ex-minister accuses the country’s president of drug abuse
Gustavo Petro hits back after Álvaro Leyva accused him of going awol during official visit to FranceA prominent Colombian politician and former minister has accused the country’s president, Gustavo Petro, of being a drug addict who allegedly went awol …