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 ...
The Associated Press on MSN21d
Colombia's president says ELN rebels will 'get war' as violence in the country's northeast escalates
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian president Gustavo Petro warned on Monday that his nation’s military will take offensive actions against the National Liberation Army after the rebels, known as the ...
The Economist11d
As adoptions collapse, demand for international surrogacy is soaring
As rich-world adoption has plummeted, demand for surrogacy has grown. It has also been fuelled by rising infertility, an ...
How the US foreign aid freeze is intensifying humanitarian crises across the globe
Food distribution is being stopped. Health services are being shut down. Lifesaving aid is being tied up, with no way to ...
The Irish News (Republic of Ireland] on MSN20d
Colombia to declare ‘state of emergency’ as violence in northern regions spikes
Mr Petro, who was a member of a guerrilla group during his youth, initiated peace talks with the ELN in 2022 ... Ocana and Cucuta, where officials have warned of a looming humanitarian crisis. Sandra ...
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 ...
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Colombia: More than 8,000 displaced people have arrived in Cúcuta fleeing violence in Colombia's Catatumbo region
The mayor of Cúcuta, Jorge Acevedo, said Monday that the situation due to the violence in the Catatumbo region has already overwhelmed all the capacities of this Colombian city on the border with ...
Public Radio International6d
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 ...
WFMZ-TV17d
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 ...
The Economist11d
Armed groups are terrorising Colombia’s border with Venezuela
The government has declared a “state of internal commotion” in response to the worst humanitarian crisis in decades ...
CNN19d
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 ...
LA Times on MSN19d
Colombia reactivates arrest orders for top rebels blamed for deadly violence in cocaine turf war
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's government is reactivating arrest ... President Gustavo Petro’s leftist government in 2022 suspended warrants against top commanders of the National Liberation Army, ...