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Visa-free China travel is coming - but which countries still need one?

Brits will be able to visit China for up to 30 days without a visa under the new deal - but you still need one to visit dozens of countries

Evening Standard · Jan 29

Colombian prosecutor's office opens investigation into former cycling great Lucho Herrera and brother Rafael over longstanding missing persons case

1987 Vuelta a España winner who paved way for country's racers in 1980s insisted last year he was free of any wrongdoing

Cycling News · Jan 29

As Colombia moves to outlaw cockfighting, a bloody night unfolds in Cartagena

Cheers erupt at each killing blow in an arena facing extinction after a landmark court ruling

The Guardian - US · Jan 29

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Small plane crashes in Colombia, killing 15, including congressman

The plane was flying from the airport in Cúcuta to Ocaña, a municipality surrounded by mountains, but lost communication with traffic control shortly after takeoff.

Euronews · Jan 29

Politician among 15 dead after plane crash in Colombia

The aircraft’s final contact with air traffic control came minutes after takeoff

The Independent UK · Jan 29

Small passenger plane crashes in northeast Colombia, killing all 15 people on board

A small passenger plane carrying 15 people crashed in Colombia's Norte de Santander province on Wednesday, resulting in no survivors. The aircraft, operated by state-owned Satena, lost contact with air traffic control shortly after departing from Cúcuta. Local officials discovered the crash site in the village of Curasica.

The Times of India · Jan 28

Colombia blasts Ecuador's pipeline fee hike as trade war between neighbors escalates

Colombia has blasted Ecuador’s decision to increase transportation fees for Colombian oil

The Independent UK · Jan 27

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Ex-Olympic snowboarder denies drug trafficking and orchestrating murders in US court

Canadian national Ryan Wedding is accused of moving cocaine to the United States and Canada and directing the killing of a federal witness in Colombia.

Euronews · Jan 27

Ex-Olympic snowboarder accused in drug smuggling ring heads to court

A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned top FBI fugitive is expected to appear in federal court on charges related to allegedly running a billion-dollar multinational drug trafficking ring and orchestrating multiple killings

The Independent UK · Jan 26

They survived conquistadors and settlers. Now the Arhuaco are facing an even greater threat

Colombia’s Sierra Nevada has become a strategic prize for drug traffickers and paramilitaries, leaving its Indigenous people threatened with ‘physical and cultural extinction’

The Guardian - UK · Jan 24

Trump’s Plan for Venezuelan Oil Raises Prospects of Paramilitary Violence

Latin America has lots of experience with private military contractors protecting foreign companies in lawless conflict zones. It seldom goes well.

Texas Observer · Jan 23

‘Walking in the Lake District drizzle rewired my head’: readers’ life-changing trips

From the jungles of Colombia to sailing in Croatia, our readers reflect on the life lessons travel has taught them

The Guardian - UK · Jan 23

5,500-year-old human skeleton discovered in Colombia holds the oldest evidence yet that syphilis came from the Americas

An ancient DNA analysis of a 5,500-year-old human skeleton reveals that an ancestor of the bacterium that causes syphilis was present in the Americas at least 3,000 years earlier than previously thought.

LiveScience · Jan 22

US sanctions Costa Rican drug network, including an aesthetic salon, for trafficking cocaine

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on five Costa Ricans and five Costa Rican entities for allegedly transporting cocaine from Colombia

The Independent UK · Jan 22

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The Independent UK · Jan 22

Colombia imposes tariffs and halts energy sales to Ecuador as trade feud escalates

Colombia has announced a 30% tax on certain Ecuadorian products and says it will suspend energy sales to Ecuador

Latin Times · Jan 22

Colombian Foreign Minister Currently Can't Attend UN Security Council Meeting Because Her Visa Has Not Been Approved

Colombian Foreign Minister Rosa Villavicencio may not be able to attend a UN Security Council meeting because her special visa has not been approved, local press noted.

Latin Times · Jan 22

Colombia's Largest Guerrilla Group Backs Call For All Militias To Unite And Repel Any U.S. Operations

Antonio Garcia, leader of the largest guerrilla group in Colombia, backed a call for all militias in the country to unite to repel any U.S. operations there, according to a new report.

Barchart · Jan 21

Corn Gives into Weakness on Wednesday

Corn futures posted weaker trade heading into Wednesday, with contracts fractionally to 2 cents lower on the session. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 1 1/2 cents at $3.84 1/2. USDA reported a couple private export sales of 150,000 MT of corn to Colombia and 195,000 MT...

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The Guardian - US · Jan 21

Pregnant woman in medical distress deported from US, says attorney

Woman who’s eight months pregnant sent to Colombia by ICE, despite belated court order to keep her out of the air

Barchart · Jan 21

Corn Slipping into Midday

Corn futures are showing fractional to 1 ½ cent losses across most contracts on Wednesday’s midday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is down 1 ¼ cents at $3.85 1/2. USDA reported a couple private export sales of 150,000 MT of corn to Colombia and 195,000 MT to unknown...

The Independent UK · Jan 21

Catholicism sees steep decline in Latin America, with more people identifying as religiously unaffiliated

The study encompassed adults in six of the region's most populous countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru

International Business Times · Jan 21

Trump Admin Accuses Maduro's Son of Having Drug Trafficking Ties With Colombian Militia

The Trump administration has accused Nicolás Ernesto Maduro Guerra, the only biological son of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, of maintaining ties to Colombian armed groups involved in drug trafficking.

The Independent UK · Jan 20

Colombia says former FARC rebels have not kept promises to surrender cash and gold

Officials in Colombia say that the former rebel group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, is violating a 2016 peace deal with the Colombian government by failing to relinquish gold, land and other assets to fund reparations for the group’s victims

The Conversation · Jan 20

19th-century plan for a slaving empire based in US deep south and Caribbean resonates with Trump’s foreign policy today

One year into his second term of office, Donald Trump’s foreign policy aspirations have led him to variously lay claim to Canada, the Panama Canal and, most contentiously at present, Greenland. He has kidnapped the head of state of Venezuela, saying that the US can run the country and exploit…

Latin Times · Jan 20

Trump Admin Accuses Maduro's Son of Having Drug Trafficking Ties With Colombian Militia

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