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The Latest Breaking News from Colombia

Women enlist in Colombia's army for first time in 25 years

For the first time in 25 years, Colombia has opened military service to women

The Independent UK

Two tourists killed and 16 injured after massive wave capsizes boat

Twenty-two passengers were onboard the tourist boat when it capsized near the coast of Colombia on 5 March

The Independent UK

How Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro outfoxed the west

The repressive leader has weathered an economic crisis, sanctions and an uprising. What should the US do with him now?

Financial Times

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Colombian oil field kidnapping ends as dozens of hostages freed

Dozens of police and oil workers taken hostage after protesters stormed a field operated by China’s Sinochem Group have been released, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said.

Tribune News Service

Accusations against relatives a blow to Colombian president

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has asked prosecutors to investigate accusations made against his brother and one of his sons that appear to go against his campaign pledges to promote peace and fight corruption

The Independent UK

79 police officers taken hostage and one killed during protest in Colombia

A police officer has been killed and 79 others taken hostage during protests in Colombia.

Evening Standard

Colombia to relocate Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’ because they won’t stop breeding

The hippos are descendants of four imported illegally by Pablo Escobar in the 1980s

Evening Standard

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Who can house a hippo? Colombia hopes export part of Pablo Escobar's bloat

Dozens of the invasive behemoths, descended from 4 imported by the 1980s drug lord, are thriving in the region around his former ranch. Colombia wants to ship some of them to Mexico and India.

WEKU

British tourist killed in robbery in Colombia

According to reports in newspapers in Colombia, he went walking on the Cerro de las Tres Cruces

Wales Online

Pablo Escobar's hippos to be removed from Colombia as they go out of control

The hippos, which are territorial and weigh up to three tonnes, have been declared a toxic invasive species because they have no natural predator in Colombia and pose a biodiversity risk because their faeces changes the composition of rivers

Daily Mirror

Colombia proposes shipping invasive hippos to India, Mexico

Colombia is proposing transferring at least 70 hippopotamuses that live near Pablo Escobar’s former ranch _ descendants of four imported from Africa illegally by the late drug lord in the 1980s – to India and Mexico as part of a plan to control their population

The Independent UK

Thousands stranded as Colombia's Viva Air grounds flights

Struggling low-cost airline Viva Air has suspended its operations in Colombia and Peru

The Independent UK

Colombia's health bill to cost up to $2.64 billion annually for next decade

The Colombian government's health reform plan will cost from $1.86 billion to $2.64 billion each year for the next decade, the Finance Ministry said on Monday.

Reuters

Colombia court moves to metaverse to host hearing

A Colombian court this month hosted its first legal trial in the metaverse, and now hopes to experiment again with virtual reality, authorities told Reuters.

Reuters

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Colombia must do more to stop child recruitment by armed groups -NGO

Colombia's government must increase efforts to stop armed groups from recruiting children, as it pushes for peace and surrender deals with rebels and crime gangs, think tank International Crisis Group said on Friday, warning recruitment is rising.

Fortune

Heinz wants to find 'ketchup boat guy' who survived nearly a month at sea on nothing but ketchup and seasoning

Elvis Francois was found around 120 nautical miles northwest of Colombia’s Puerto Bolívar last month when a plane spotted the word “help,” which he had etched into his boat.

The Guardian - UK

Karol G: Mañana Será Bonito review – evocative melodies that transcend language

Colombia’s best tunesmith mixes reggaeton with pasillo and other beats on a sensual, melancholy album

Tribune News Service

Colombia completely halted eradication of coca crops last month

Colombia last month entirely halted the eradication of coca, the raw material for cocaine, as the government of President Gustavo Petro calls for a new approach in the war on drugs.

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Colombia slams Nicaragua's Ortega over expulsion of critics

Colombia's leftist government on Thursday blasted Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's expulsion of hundreds of prominent critics earlier this month and called for international monitoring and a criminal inquiry, according to a statement by the Colombian foreign ministry.

The Times of India

Archery: Scrap dealer's daughter aims to shine on world stage

KOLKATA: Aditi Jaiswal announced her presence in Indian archery after making it to the Indian women's recurve squad for the upcoming season at the end of four days' gruelling selection trials at Sonipat. She made her debut for India last year taking part in the World Cup Stage IV competition.…

Tribune News Service

California says it can no longer afford aid for COVID testing and vaccination of migrants

All day and sometimes into the night, buses and vans pull up to three state-funded medical screening centers near California’s southern border with Mexico. Federal immigration officers unload migrants predominantly from Brazil, Cuba, Colombia and Peru, most of whom await asylum hearings in the United States.

Reuters

Colombia, Bolivia to ask UN to remove coca leaf from narcotics list

Colombia and Bolivia will jointly ask the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs to remove coca leaves from its list of prohibited substances and accept the plant's traditional uses, Colombia's government said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Colombia expects talks with FARC dissidents within weeks-peace official

Colombia's government expects to begin talks within weeks with two dissident groups founded by former FARC rebels who reject that group's 2016 peace deal, the country's top peace official said.

Reuters

Bus carrying migrants in Mexico crashes, killing 17

A bus carrying migrants from Venezuela, Colombia and Central America crashed in central Mexico, killing 17 people, officials in Puebla state said on Monday.

The Guardian - US

Cattle, not coca, drive deforestation of the Amazon in Colombia – report

Past governments blamed the growing of coca – the base component of cocaine – for clearcutting, but a recent study shows otherwise

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