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Liverpool star Luis Diaz leads celebrations at wedding party after Colombia homecoming

The former Porto man enjoyed a first return to his home country since making the move to Merseyside in December to help his parents' celebrations after nearly 30 years together

Daily Mirror · Jun 6, 2022

Inside a reintegration camp for Colombia's ex-guerrilla fighters: ‘Words of reconciliation are our only weapons now’

The election of Iván Duque four years ago was a threat for us. But we will continue to follow the peace agreement regardless of who is the next president of Colombia. We are more determined than ever to comply with the peace accords, and this is the reason they want…

The Conversation · Jun 6, 2022

LFC's Luis Diaz and Gera Ponce unwind as winger leads celebrations at family wedding

The Colombian was the life of the party as he enjoyed a well-earned post-season break

Liverpool Echo · Jun 5, 2022

Colombian named world's best female chef

Leonor Espinosa, the chef-owner of Leo in Bogotá, Colombia, was named the World's Best Female Chef in the latest pre-ceremony announcement of the 2022 World's 50 Best Awards.

Bangkok Post · Jun 2, 2022

Colombia only partially adopting measures to prevent rights abuses -rights panel

Colombia is only partially adopting necessary measures to prevent members of its security forces from committing human rights violations, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH) said on Thursday.

Reuters · Jun 2, 2022

Colombian drug lord known as ‘The Chess Player’ dies in US prison

Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela known for violent tactics and wide-ranging bribes

The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2022

He leads in Colombia’s presidential election, but few know what his presidency would be like

Construction businessman Rodolfo Hernandez surprised many Colombians Sunday when he moved on to the runoff in the presidential election thanks to a populist anti-corruption message spread through social media that followed in the footsteps of the Donald Trump campaign in 2016.

Miami Herald · Jun 2, 2022

Former Colombian drug lord Rodriguez Orejuela dies in U.S. prison

Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela, a former leader of Colombia's once-powerful Cali cartel, has died in the United States while serving a 30-year drug trafficking sentence, his family said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Jun 1, 2022

Leader of now-defunct Colombian drug cartel dies in US jail

An elderly leader of the former Cali cartel that smuggled vast amounts of cocaine from Colombia to the United States in the 1980s and 1990s has died in a U.S. prison

The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2022

Petro, Hernandez neck and neck in Colombia presidential election

Colombia's leftist former guerrilla Gustavo Petro and construction magnate Rodolfo Hernandez were technically tied ahead of a second round of presidential elections, a poll showed on Wednesday.

Reuters · Jun 1, 2022