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Delegates agree to establish Indigenous subsidiary body at COP16 biodiversity summit in Colombia

Delegates came to an agreement late Friday at the United Nations conference on biodiversity to establish a subsidiary body that will include Indigenous peoples in future talks and decisions on nature conservation

The Independent UK

Negotiations stall over some crucial issues on final day of UN biodiversity summit in Colombia

At the United Nations biodiversity summit in Colombia, negotiators struggle to find common ground on key issues, such as how to finance protections for 30% of the Earth's wild species by 2023 and how to make payments for nature’s genetic data

The Independent UK

Last-ditch Effort To Solve Funding Deadlock At Nature-saving Summit

Negotiators at the world's biggest nature conservation conference knuckled down in Cali, Colombia on Friday for a last-ditch effort to break a deadlock on funding for efforts to "halt and reverse" species loss.

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Tren de Aragua: are Trump’s claims about a violent street gang overblown?

The crime group has terrorised parts of Latin America, and the ex-president’s exaggerations may just empower it more

The Guardian - US

Colombian Man Sentenced For Illegally Exporting Firearms From Florida To Colombia

Drug traffickers and criminal gangs are the main recipients of the multimillion-dollar trafficking business in arms.

Latin Times

Summit To Save Nature Enters Final Day With Disagreement On Funding

The world's biggest nature conservation conference enters its final day in Colombia Friday with negotiators at odds over how best to fund plans to "halt and reverse" species loss.

International Business Times

Summit to save nature enters final day with disagreement on funding

The world's biggest nature conservation conference enters its final day in Colombia Friday with negotiators at odds over how best to fund plans to "halt and reverse" species loss.

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Spain Flooding 'Catastrophe' Should Serve As A Warning, EU Says At Nature Summit

European officials pointed Thursday to devastating flooding in Spain as a reminder of the self-harming effects of humans' destruction of nature, urging delegates at a deadlocked UN biodiversity conference in Colombia to "act."

International Business Times

Funding Hurdle At World's Biggest Nature Protection Summit

With two just days to go to the closure of UN talks in Colombia on ways to halt and reverse nature loss, delegates were at odds Wednesday on how best to finance the endeavor.

International Business Times

Fourth mass coral bleaching prompts UN emergency session at Colombia biodiversity summit

Coral reefs are in the midst of an ecological crisis and are at risk of extinction, according to the United Nations Capital Development Fund

The Independent UK

UN Urges Global Action To Save Biodiversity

U.N. Secretary-General calls for increased global efforts to protect biodiversity at COP16 summit in Colombia, highlighting urgent conservation needs and f...

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Panama Seeks Third Country for Deported Venezuelan Migrants Amid Growing Crisis

With over 263,000 migrants crossing the Darien Gap this year, Panama's President José Raúl Mulino hopes a third country will accept deported Venezuelans.

Latin Times

The world needs $700bn a year to restore nature. But where is the money coming from?

Representatives from nearly 200 countries at the UN’s Cop16 summit in Colombia have yet to break the deadlock over who pays and how much

The Guardian - UK

UN chief calls for more pledges, private sector input to save global biodiversity at Colombia summit

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged delegates at a major biodiversity summit to follow through on pledges to help save global biodiversity and for the private sector to come on board

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Sex swings, dance poles and mirrored ceilings: ‘love motels’ provide last-minute rooms for Cop16 delegates

Thousands more people than expected are at the biodiversity summit in Cali, Colombia, and hotels are full – leading the city’s council to press less orthodox accommodation into service

Radio France Internationale

Big guns descend on Cali for final push in UN biodiversity talks

Heads of state, ministers and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrive in Cali Tuesday hoping to add impetus to grinding talks on ways to save nature from human destruction.

International Business Times

COP16 Chair Hails Biodiversity Attaining 'Equal Footing' With Climate Crisis

The world's biggest nature protection conference, under way in Cali, has placed biodiversity loss "on an equal footing" with the climate emergency, the meeting's Colombian president told AFP in an interview Monday.

The Independent UK

Slight progress in global biodiversity protection efforts but some species decline, new reports find

Two reports on protecting biodiversity were released at a major UN summit on global biodiversity underway in Cali, Colombia

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Salvador Perez Becomes First Royals Player to Win Roberto Clemente Award

The longtime Royals catcher has helped organizations in the Kansas City community, as well as his hometown in Venezuela and in Colombia.

The Independent UK

Venezuelans in Aurora face challenges in school and dealing with Trump-led conspiracies

The school system in Aurora, Colorado, is striving to accommodate more than 3,000 new students mostly from Venezuela and Colombia

Latin Times

COP16: Can Colombia Lead The Global Fight Against Climate Change?

The country's efforts to become a leader in the area are being undermined by armed groups operating in the country

The Independent UK

They came to America looking for better lives — and better schools. The results were mixed

The school system in Aurora, Colorado, is striving to accommodate more than 3,000 new students mostly from Venezuela and Colombia

International Business Times

UN Biodiversity Summit Making 'Very Good Progress': Officials

Crunch UN talks on ways to "halt and reverse" species loss by 2030 have made "very good progress," officials said Friday, as the summit in Colombia marked its halfway point.

The Conversation

Want genuine progress towards restoring nature? Follow these 4 steps

“Nature positive” is seemingly everywhere. Two weeks ago, Australia hosted the first Global Nature Positive Summit. This week, nations are meeting in Colombia for a global biodiversity summit to discuss progress on nature positive commitments.