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The Latest Breaking News from Colombia

Panama, Costa Rica agree to a plan to speed migrants passing through from Darien Gap

Panama and Costa Rica are facing a huge increase in the number of migrants moving through the jungle-clad Darien Gap

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2023

Who is the Colombian billionaire taking a high stakes punt on Metro Bank?

Jaime Gilinski Bacal is known for snapping up struggling lenders on the cheap and turning around their fortunes

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2023

Criminals without borders: the transnational gangs terrorising the Amazon

Indigenous peoples in Colombia are being targeted and fragmented by armed groups who plunder the forest for gold and timber and take control of land

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2023

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New York City mayor wraps up Latin America trip with call for 'right to work' for migrants in US

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has capped off a four-day trip to Latin America by calling for a “right to work” for migrants in the United States

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2023

Colombians held over Ecuador presidential candidate’s murder slain in jail

Ecuador’s president pledges to get to bottom of killings in prison of six Colombian suspects in high-profile murder.

Al Jazeera · Oct 7, 2023

Migrants pass quickly through once impenetrable Darien jungle as governments scramble for answers

Rain-swollen rivers only briefly slowed the otherwise uninterrupted flow of migrants through this jungle-covered border of Colombia and Panama and by midweek another 2,000 bedraggled migrants stumbled out of the Darien jungle

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2023

Paddington in Peru films in Colombia – sparking row over legislation in Peru

Peruvian film-makers outraged over legislation to revitalise industry after film chooses Colombia as shooting location

The Guardian - US · Oct 5, 2023

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A record 400K migrants have crossed the treacherous Darién jungle to reach the U.S.

Crossings of the dangerous Darién Gap have reached another record, as migrants seek protection or a better future in the United States but lack safer routes to get there.

WEKU · Oct 5, 2023

US officials to meet with counterparts in Mexico on drugs, arms trafficking and migration

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is leading a U.S. delegation to Mexico on Wednesday to discuss shared security issues, including trafficking of the synthetic opioid fentanyl, arms trafficking and soaring migration

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2023

New York City mayor heads to Latin America with message for asylum-seekers: ‘We are at capacity’

New York’s Eric Adams will travel to Mexico, Ecuador and Colombia in a four-day trip this week. Chicago is sending a delegation to Mexico to warn migrants of the city’s winters.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 4, 2023

Colombia's government issues long awaited apology for extrajudicial killings during armed conflict

Colombia’s government has issued a long awaited public apology for the extrajudicial killings of 19 civilians who were slain by the military and registered as rebel fighters during one of the most violent periods of the nation’s civil war

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2023

‘They don’t want to give power to girls’: the women shaking up Colombia’s graffiti scene

In the once war-torn suburb of Medellín, murals draw thousands of tourists a day. Now a group of female artists is challenging the male grip on street art, one wall at a time

The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2023

Abortion rights around the world: 'The picture is very uneven'

A year on from the controversial US Supreme Court decision to end the constitutional right to an abortion, one expert on medical law believes there are reasons to be hopeful on a global scale for pro-choice campaigners. Despite the overturning of Roe v. Wade, there has been a "Green Wave"…

France 24 · Sep 28, 2023

New TVS X Electric Scooter Charges Into Colombian Market

TVS Motor Company has launched the X in the Colombian market through its local distributor partner Auteco.

RideApart · Sep 25, 2023

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The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2023

Migrants hoping to reach US continue north through Mexico by train amid historic migration levels

A group of about 5,000 mostly Venezuelan migrants hoping to make it to the U.S. spent three days in the Mexican town of Irapuato waiting for a train that many in the group worried would never come

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2023

Ballet v machismo: the male Latin American dancers challenging old-fashioned ideas of manhood

From Cuba to Peru and beyond, Santiago Barreiro captures the dancers who have upended their countries’ ideas of masculinity while pursuing their dreams

WEKU · Sep 23, 2023

Bogotá has some of the worst traffic. It's finally getting a metro, with China's help

Colombia's capital is home to 11 million people — and to some of the worst traffic jams in the world. Now Chinese companies are building its first metro line.

The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2023

Colombia's presidential office manipulates video of President Petro at UN to hype applause

The Colombian government manipulated a video to alter the applause received by President Gustavo Petro received during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York

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WEKU · Sep 22, 2023

Facing death threats, a Colombian mayor makes a daring visit to the town he runs

Mayor Edilberto Molina relocated to a nearby town last year after drug-trafficking guerrillas threatened to kill him. He's not the only Colombian politician forced away by threats from criminal gangs.

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2023

From streets to stage: Colombia’s magical dance school in a forest

At its idyllic campus near Cartagena, a school for young dancers aims to break the cycle of violence and poverty suffered by so many in the South American country. The verdict of one pupil? ‘It saved me’

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2023

After a lull, asylum-seekers adapt to US immigration changes and again overwhelm border agents

After a dip in illegal crossings that followed policy changes in May, the Biden administration is again on its heels as more asylum-seekers cross the U.S. border from Mexico

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2023

Colombian leader summons intense oratory for a bleak warning: that humanity is making itself extinct

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has delivered an ominous prophecy with grandiose language

The Conversation · Sep 19, 2023

Mexican court ruling upholding women's right to abortion shows global trend better than US Roe v Wade decision

It may surprise you to learn that, over the past 30 years, no fewer than 60 countries have liberalised their abortion laws while only four have rolled back abortion rights. The United States is, of course, one of the latter group that has recently restricted women’s access to abortion.

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2023

President Gustavo Petro's plan for 'total peace' in Colombia: Takeaways from AP's report

Across Colombia, decades of war between leftist guerrillas, rightwing paramilitaries, trafficking groups and the government have left more than 9.5 million people as victims of forced displacement, homicide, sexual violence and more

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2023

Colombia's president has a plan for 'total peace.' But militias aren't putting down their guns yet

When elected, Colombia’s rebel-turned-president Gustavo Petro promised to cement “total peace” and end one of the world’s longest-running conflicts

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