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Colombian presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay dies weeks after rally shooting

Uribe Turbay's assassination has sent shockwaves through the country and reignited fears that Colombia could again experience the wave of political violence that marred the 1990s.

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Colombian presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay dies two months after being shot at campaign event

Colombian senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay has died

The Independent UK

Sudan military destroyed UAE plane carrying Colombian mercenaries: State TV

President Gustavo Petro says his government is trying to find out how many Colombians died in the attack.

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Majority seek end to Israel weapons sales: Survey spanning three continents

Amid Israel’s genocide in Gaza, a five-nation poll shows support for the private sector and states to take action.

Al Jazeera

Sudan Says Army Destroys Emirati Aircraft, Killing 40 Mercenaries

Sudan's air force has destroyed an Emirati aircraft carrying Colombian mercenaries as it landed at a paramilitary-controlled airport in Darfur, killing at least 40 people, the army-aligned state TV said Wednesday.

International Business Times

Colombia accuses Peru of fully annexing a disputed island in the Amazon river

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has stirred up a decades-old border controversy with Peru by accusing it of fully annexing an Amazon river island that has been administered by Peru for decades, but whose legal status is in dispute

The Independent UK

Sudan accuses the UAE of funding Colombian mercenaries to fight alongside the RSF in civil war

Sudan has accused the United Arab Emirates of sending Colombian mercenaries to fight alongside the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces against the military in the country’s civil war

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Egan Bernal returns to racing for Vuelta a España and Worlds preparation at Vuelta a Burgos

Colombian hasn't raced for two months since the Giro d'Italia, confirms plans to go to World Championships

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Colombia Fears U.S. Sanctions As Top Republicans Rally Around Convicted Ex President

Criticism of the conviction of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has sparked fears in the country that the U.S. will impose punitive measures on current officials

Latin Times

Former Colombian President Uribe Sentenced to 12 Years of House Arrest, 8-Year Political Ban

Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe was sentenced Friday to 12 years of house arrest after being convicted of bribing witnesses and committing procedural fraud

Latin Times

Colombian Ex-president Uribe Sentenced To 12 Years House Arrest

A Colombian judge on Friday sentenced still-powerful former president Alvaro Uribe to 12 years of house arrest, capping a long and contentious career that defined Colombian politics for a generation.

International Business Times

Top photos this week from Latin America and the Caribbean

Colombia's former President Alvaro Uribe was convicted of witness tampering and bribery in a historic trial. Latin American nations with a Pacific coast braced for a tsunami that never materialized after one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded, off the coast of Russia. Meanwhile, Chilean investigators closed in on the…

The Independent UK

Amazon deforestation surges in Colombia, reversing historic gains

Colombia’s government has reported a sharp overall rise in deforestation in the country’s Amazon rainforest for last year, reversing much of the progress made during a historic low in 2023

The Independent UK

Colombia is producing more cocaine than ever – and more is reaching Australian shores

Imagine an area larger than the Australian Capital Territory, nearly twice the size of London and four times that of New York City covered in coca plantations.

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Once a Pipeline to the U.S., the Darién Gap Saw Just 10 Migrants Traveling Northward in June: Report

Migration through the Darién Gap dropped to nearly zero in June, with only ten people recorded crossing the treacherous jungle corridor from Colombia into Panama

Al Jazeera

Luis Diaz completes transfer to Bayern Munich from Liverpool

Colombia international forward joins Bayern Munich from Liverpool in a deal that could total $86.7m.

The Independent UK

Luis Diaz completes £65million move to Bayern Munich from Liverpool

The Colombia international arrived at Anfield from Porto in 2022.

Latin Times

Marco Rubio Slams Colombia's Judiciary After Former President Uribe Is Convicted of Bribery, Tampering

Alvaro Uribe became Colombia's first former president to be convicted in a criminal trial

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Alvaro Uribe Becomes First Former Colombian President To Be Criminally Convicted

Álvaro Uribe, Colombian president from 2002 to 2010, was found guilty of bribing witnesses and abuse of process by a Bogotá court

Euronews

Ex-Colombian president Uribe convicted of witness tampering and bribery

Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe was found guilty of bribery and witness tampering in an unprecedented trial that has shaken the country.

International Business Times

Alvaro Uribe: Colombia's First Ex-president Convicted Of A Crime

Alvaro Uribe, president of Colombia from 2002 to 2010, was wildly popular in rightwing sectors for his war on leftist guerrillas during a particularly vicious period of the country's six-decade-old conflict.

The Independent UK

After taking back land in Colombia, Indigenous prepare their youth to safeguard it

Indigenous Nasa children in Colombia's southwest region are being trained how to protect land their people have reclaimed from vast industrial sugarcane plantations

International Business Times

Colombian Ex-president To Learn Fate In Witness Tampering Case

Colombian ex-president Alvaro Uribe will learn his fate Monday in a witness tampering case that saw him become the South American country's first-ever former head of state to be put on trial.

International Business Times

Ecuador Deports Hundreds Of Colombian Inmates As Bogota Cries Foul

Ecuadoran authorities said Saturday they had deported hundreds of Colombian prisoners via a land border crossing, after Bogota protested that the move came without prior agreement.

LiveScience

Bite marks reveal giant terror birds were potentially prey for another apex predator — humongous caiman

Researchers have found evidence of a titanic tussle between a terror bird and a large caiman in Colombia's ancient La Venta wetlands.

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