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Colombia presidential candidates agree need for pension reform

Candidates most likely to win Colombia's presidential elections on Friday agreed for the need to reform the country's unbalanced pension system so that it provides greater coverage for millions of poor people and redirects subsidies.

Reuters

Colombia court says 5,733 people killed, disappeared in campaign against left-wing party

Some 5,733 people were killed or disappeared in Colombia as part of a campaign against the left-wing Patriotic Union (UP) party between 1984 and 2016, acts linked to paramilitaries with military backing, the country's transitional justice tribunal said on Friday.

Reuters

Ecuador police capture 18 suspected members of criminal group

Ecuador's national police have captured 18 suspected members of a criminal group who could have ties to drugs and arms trafficking, as well as murders and terrorism, with possible ties to an illegal armed group in Colombia, the organization said on Friday.

Reuters

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Cocaine seizures soar in Chicago, surrounding states, as DEA ‘snow’ forecast comes true

Heroin and marijuana have long been Mexican cartels’ big moneymakers in Chicago. But DEA cocaine seizures rose 50% in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana in the year ending Sept. 30 and keep rising in the Chicago area.

Chicago Sun-Times

Woman who miscarried paid 2 hitmen to murder homeless pregnant woman then steal her baby

The lifeless body of Sandra Johanna Alvarez Solano, 37, was found in a roadside field outside Bogota, Colombia - she had been brutally murdered with cuts to her throat, face and abdomen

Daily Mirror

Offers To Help Lonely Pensioner Flood In After Angels Convinced Her To Give Up Euthanasia Plans

Fabiola Betancourt, 70, asked her health insurance company Mutual ser EPS to organize euthanasia, legal in Colombia since 2015.

Zenger

UN court: Colombia infringed Nicaragua's rights in Caribbean

The United Nations’ highest court has ruled that Colombia breached Nicaragua’s rights in waters of the Caribbean Sea

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World Court rules Colombia must cease activities in Nicaraguan maritime zone

Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday ruled that Colombia must "immediately cease" patrolling and trying to control fishing activities and maritime research in parts of the west Caribbean that the court said are part of Nicaragua's exclusive economic zone in those waters.

Reuters

Lahiri in running for place on International team for President's Cup

CHARLOTTE (US): India's Anirban Lahiri, who has two President's Cup appearances to his name, is once again in the running to make the international team after a superb show at the PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass.

The Times of India

Colombian candidate says he won't nationalize property

Colombian presidential frontrunner Gustavo Petro pledged that he will not nationalize private property if he wins the nation’s presidency this year as critics in the South American country accuse the leftist candidate of wanting to make radical changes to the country’s free market economy

The Independent UK

With Unprecedented Coachella Showing, Latin Music Continues US Dominance

An unprecedented number of Latin acts performed at this year's Coachella, commanding the festival's main stage as the popularity of Spanish-language music soars. In total this year's line-up saw 20 artists from Latin America and its diaspora performing at the premier music festival in the California desert -- up from…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Easter Feaster: Animal Trafficker Busted Smuggling Over 2,000 Turtles Destined To Be Eaten

For Catholics, Easter means abstaining from eating meat on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and the other Fridays leading up to Easter.

Zenger

Barcelona honours Gabriel García Márquez with new library

The Colombian Nobel laureate, who lived in the city from 1967-75, is to have a €12m building specialising in Latin American literature named after him

The Guardian - UK

El Chapo cartel member arrested in Colombia after model girlfriend posts photos on Facebook

Trafficker wanted in 196 countries

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The Times of India

Sreenidi's Colombian forward Castaneda is also an engineer in making

KOLKATA: Sreenidi Deccan FC's Colombian forward David Castaneda is not just good at scoring goals but is also good in academics, currently pursuing a degree in industrial engineering.

Benzinga

Rewriting The Cannabis Narrative In Colombia: Part 2

In 2016, Colombia passed a landmark framework regulating the production, distribution, sale, and export of seeds and other cannabis derivatives<

Al Jazeera

Football World Cup eliminations dash small business hopes

From Colombia to Nigeria, traders in football-loving nations are counting losses of failure to make it to Qatar 2022.

Zenger

Colombian Cops Bust 21 Suspects And Seize Over 1,000 Exotic Animals Worth $1 Million

The authorities said they arrested "21 people during the process of 15 raids in different parts of the country".

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The Independent UK

Freddy Rincon: Former Colombia captain dies aged 55 after car crash

The former midfielder had a spell with Real Madrid in the mid-90s and played for the national team for over a decade

Daily Mirror

Freddy Rincon dead: Former Real Madrid star, 55, dies after car collides with bus

The former Colombian international was pronounced dead by a hospital in his home country following a car crash that saw his vehicle collide with a bus after it had run a red light

Evening Standard

Freddy Rincon dead: Former Real Madrid and Colombia star passes away aged 55 after car crash

Freddy Rincon, the former captain of Colombia and player for the likes of Real Madrid and Napoli, has died at the age of 55.

The Guardian - AU

Former Colombia great Freddy Rincón dies, aged 55, following car crash

The former Colombia and Real Madrid midfielder sustained severe head injuries after an accident in the city of Cali

The Independent UK

Colombia president: evidence implicates ex-soldiers in Haiti

Colombian President Iván Duque says there is evidence and testimony that seriously implicate “practically all” of the former Colombian soldiers being held in Haiti in the assassination of that country’s president, Jovenel Moïse

Daily Mirror

Freddy Rincon's son posts emotional picture as ex-Real Madrid star critical after car crash

Ex-Real Madrid and Colombia star Freddy Rincon remains in a critical condition after being involved in a car crash on Monday and his son, Sebastian, has shared a touching image from hospital

Benzinga

Rewriting The Cannabis Narrative In Colombia: Part 1

For decades, Colombia has borne the burden of America’s foreign drug policy. The public imagination has long been associated with the legacy of narco-trafficking violence perpetrated by Pablo Escobar, the Medellin cartel, and the Cali Cartel.

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