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Biden hailed a prisoner swap with Maduro — but Americans remain in Venezuela’s notorious jail

WASHINGTON — Eyvin Hernandez had been detained for six months at a notorious jail in Venezuela when seven other Americans were released earlier this month in a prisoner swap with the United States. The 44-year-old public defender from Los Angeles saw one of his best friends in prison let go…

Miami Herald

Colombia grapples with 'extreme barbaric violence' and cartel wars amid new dawn

President Gustavo Petro is pushing for "true and definitive peace" in the Andean country of Colombia, but some say its not possible to achieve in just four years given its brutal past

Daily Mirror

Colombia launches hunt for missing assets seized from drug traffickers

Colombia on Thursday launched an investigation into the disappearance of assets seized from drug traffickers and criminal groups, which President Gustavo Petro plans to use for social programs benefiting farmers and women.

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Colombia's Chamber Of Deputies Approves Cannabis Legalization Bill, Here Are The Details

The Colombian House of Representatives recently approved a bill to legalize adult-use cannabis, though before being enacted into law it needs to be debated in the Senate.

Benzinga

Thousands wait for boats in Colombia as migrant crisis grows

Thousands of migrants, mostly Venezuelans, are stuck in a village in northwest Colombia, waiting for boats to take them across the Gulf of Uraba, before traversing through treacherous jungle as they make their way to the United States, Colombia's human rights ombudsman said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Attempting to reassert its once-dominant influence, US has a tough sell in Latin America

LIMA, Peru — When Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken was meeting with Pedro Castillo in Lima, the Peruvian president was facing impeachment for a litany of charges — and not for the first time.

Los Angeles Times

Colombia's Congress ratifies Escazu international agreement for the environment

Colombia's Congress has ratified the Escazu agreement to protect the environment, the government said late on Monday, paving the way to provide greater protection to environmentalists across the Andean country.

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Panama says record 150,000 migrants crossed dangerous Darien Gap this year

More than 150,000 migrants so far this year have made the treacherous crossing across the Darien jungle which links Panama with Colombia, a record figure according to official data.

Reuters

Luis Diaz Liverpool return date confirmed after knee injury against Arsenal

The Colombian winger limped out of the 3-2 defeat to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday

Liverpool Echo

Pair jailed for trying to smuggle £1.75m of cocaine into Heathrow

The duo had arranged to leave the stash, hidden in two bags, in airport toilets after touching down in the UK, Isleworth Crown Court was told.

The Independent UK

Colombia to keep fighting drugs, criminal groups amid drive for total peace

Colombia's security forces will keep up their offensive against drug traffickers and illegal armed groups, even as President Gustavo Petro pushes for "total peace" in the Andean country, Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez told Reuters.

Reuters

Hurricane Julia bears down on Nicaragua's Caribbean coast

Hurricane Julia is bearing down on Nicaragua’s central Caribbean coast after lashing Colombia’s San Andres island in a close pass-by

The Independent UK

Julia hits Central America and may cause life-threatening floods

The storm swept across Nicaragua and has emerged over the Pacific. The region was already saturated by weeks of heavy rains before Julia arrived.

WEKU

Tropical Storm Julia strengthens as it heads for Nicaragua

Tropical Storm Julia has gained more strength moving westward in the southern Caribbean, and authorities are preparing for a possible hurricane on Colombian islands and in Nicaragua

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Tropical Storm Julia set to become a hurricane, make landfall in Nicaragua Sunday

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Julia formed off the Guajira Peninsula of Colombia early Friday and is forecast to become a hurricane this weekend, while it moves across the Caribbean Sea toward Nicaragua where it’s expected to make landfall.

Reuters

Colombia reaches deal to buy land from cattle ranchers

Colombia's government has reached a deal with cattle farmers to buy 3 million hectares (7.4 million acres) of land, earmarked for poor rural farmers to push agrarian reform aimed at boosting food production and tackling poverty, the minister of agriculture said on Friday.

Miami Herald

Tropical Storm Julia, near Colombia, forecast to become a hurricane Saturday

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Julia formed off the Guajira Peninsula of Colombia on Friday and is forecast to turn into a hurricane this weekend, while it moves across the Caribbean Sea toward Nicaragua.

Miami Herald

Tropical Storm Julia forms near Colombia, forecast to be a hurricane soon

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Julia formed off the Guajira Peninsula of Colombia Friday morning and is forecast to turn into a hurricane this weekend while it moves across the Caribbean Sea toward Nicaragua.

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Former Colombian finance ministers criticize Petro comments on central bank

A string of former Colombian finance ministers criticized the Andean country's President Gustavo Petro on Thursday after he took to Twitter to question the central bank's decision to hike its benchmark interest rate last week.

Tribune News Service

Tax-the-rich push gives Miami’s condo king an opening in Colombia

As the child of Cuban parents growing up in the 1950s, Jorge Perez found refuge from the island’s political upheaval in Bogota. Decades later, as a billionaire developer, Perez is courting Colombians who fear their own country’s leftist shift.

Benzinga

Blockchain Interoperability, New Tech, and Lofty Goals: Interview With Komodo CTO Kadan Stadelmann at Cosmoverse 2022

Hosted in Colombia last month, Cosmoverse 2022 curated thought leaders within the still nascent industry of blockchain interoperability. Among these speakers was industry veteran Kadan Stadelmann, who helped build Komodo, a technology that aims to facilitate a cross-chain future for blockchain networks.

Benzinga

Good News For Colombia: Legislators Approve Cannabis Legalization Bill, What's Next?

Colombia lawmakers have approved a bill to legalize and regulate cannabis nationwide, advancing it through a committee with nearly unanimous support.

Los Angeles Times

On Latin America visit, Blinken calls Colombian migration center ‘a remarkable model’

BOGOTA, Colombia — A new program designed to help settle Venezuelans who fled to Colombia could serve as a “model for the world” in dealing with today’s unprecedented wave of immigration and forced displacement, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Colombia and ELN rebels to restart peace talks

Delegates of Colombia’s government and the nation’s largest remaining guerrilla group announced that they will restart peace talks that were suspended in 2018

Reuters

Colombia's government, ELN rebel group to reestablish peace talks

Colombia's government and left-wing rebel group the National Liberation Army (ELN) will reestablish peace talks next month, both parties said on Tuesday during a press conference in Venezuela's capital Caracas.

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