Cocaine is ‘no worse than whisky,’ Colombian president says
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has said that “cocaine is no worse than whisky,” as he suggested the multibillion dollar ...
USAID is going away. Here’s what it’s been doing in South America
The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development will deliver a major blow to efforts including humanitarian ...
From fighting disease to protecting the Amazon rainforest, USAID has big impact across the globe
The Trump administration’s decision to close the U.S. Agency for International Development has drawn widespread criticism ...
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Thousands flee their homes in northeast Colombia amid worst security crisis in a decade
A series of attacks against civilians has forced Colombia's government to break off peace talks with one of Colombia’s largest rebel groups as fears mount that fighting between rebel groups in the ...
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Colombia offers $700,000 reward for information on ELN rebel leaders
(AP Photo/Mario Caicedo) Troops line up for review by Colombian Army commander Luis Cardozo in Cucuta, south of the Catatumbo region, where former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC ...
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Colombia reactivates arrest orders for top rebels blamed for deadly violence in cocaine turf war
chief negotiator for the Colombian government, as a part of the peace talks between both parties in Bogota, Colombia, Oct. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File) ...
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More than 32,000 displaced as violence spirals in Colombian drug trafficking region
More than 32,000 people have fled to towns in northeast Colombia as they attempt to escape ... The arrest warrants had been suspended since 2022, when Petro restarted the peace process with ...
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Colombian armed groups violence kills over 80, displaces tens of thousands
Jan. 22 (UPI) --Dozens of people have died and tens of thousands have been displaced in escalating violence between armed groups in Colombia as the border city of Cucuta scrambled Wednesday to ...
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At least 80 people killed in northeast Colombia as peace talks fail, official says
Twenty others were injured in the violence that has forced thousands to flee as Colombia's army scrambled to evacuate people on Sunday, according to William Villamizar, governor of North Santander ...