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Latin America's 'pink tide' leaders congratulate Brazil's Lula on election win

Latin America leaders on Sunday congratulated Brazil's Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva after he won a third term as president of the largest country in South America, consolidating the region's "pink tide" of elected leftist leaders.

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Colombia's Congress approves negotiations with illegal armed groups

Colombia's Congress on Wednesday approved a law to allow President Gustavo Petro to seek peace deals with leftist rebels and criminal groups tied to drug trafficking via negotiations and processes of surrender.

Reuters

Colombia, the world's largest cocaine producer, faces a change in drug policy

SAN JOSE DEL GUAVIARE, Colombia — The grizzled farmers had come on motorcycles and in pickups from jungle homesteads to a soccer field hours from the nearest town of any consequence.

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Colombia urged to push human rights in renewed relationship with Venezuela

Colombia could use its restored diplomatic relations with Venezuela to help curb human rights violations in its neighbor, advocacy group Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Monday.

Reuters

U.S. lawmakers skeptical of potential easing of Venezuela sanctions

United States senators said on Wednesday they are skeptical of a potential easing of sanctions on Venezuela, amid meetings in Washington between the Biden administration and Venezuelan opposition leaders.

Reuters

Colombia congress approves 2023 budget bill, increasing funding for social programs

Colombia's congress on Tuesday approved an $85.5 billion budget for 2023, increasing spending for education, health and agriculture amid promises by leftist President Gustavo Petro to increase support for social programs.

Reuters

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

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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.

Reuters

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

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

Julia Turns Deadly, Unleashes Flooding Rain In Central America

Julia completed its rare crossover from the Atlantic to the Pacific, one day after making landfall as a Category 1 hurricane.

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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.

Reuters

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

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.

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Support for Venezuela's opposition is dwindling at OAS

Venezuela’s opposition has suffered a rebuff as 19 members of the Organization of American States backed a proposal to remove its envoy from the regional forum for political and economic issues

Reuters

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.

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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.

The Independent UK

Ford offers $80 million to fight global authoritarianism

The Ford Foundation will commit $80 million over the next five years to work that strengthens nonprofits fighting against authoritarian regimes

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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.

Los Angeles Times

Blinken kicks off effort to court leftist Latin American leaders on swing through Colombia

BOGOTA, Colombia — The Biden administration on Monday launched a weeklong courtship of three of Latin America's newest leftist leaders in a bid to find pragmatic common ground — rather than ideological confrontation — on a host of issues, including immigration, drug trafficking and the widening influence of China.

The Independent UK

Blinken backs Colombia’s 'holistic' approach to drug policy

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has backed Colombia’s recent efforts to rethink its drug policy and said the Biden administration and Colombia’s newly elected government will work together on rural development programs and interdiction efforts, while sharing intelligence on drug trafficking groups

Reuters

Colombia, U.S. discuss more drug interdiction at sea, enhanced intel sharing -Blinken

Colombian President Gustavo Petro and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday said they discussed stepping up the interdiction of narcotics at sea and enhanced intelligence sharing on drug trafficking.

Al Jazeera

US top diplomat begins Latin America tour with visit to Colombia

Antony Blinken’s trip to Colombia, Chile and Peru is part of US effort to reaffirm commitment to South American allies.

Reuters

Colombia ELN rebel group peace talks delegation set for Caracas

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