Colombian President Petro Says Halt In U.S. Military Aid Could Present Significant Challenges

Home South America Colombian President Petro Says Halt In U.S. Military Aid Could Present Significant... U.S. President Donald Trump threatened over the weekend to raise tariffs on Colombia and said Wednesday that all funding to the country had...

Colombia: ASBAMA warns about the potential impact of higher tariffs on rural employment

The Association of Banana Growers of Magdalena and La Guajira (ASBAMA) released a statement expressing concern about the recent deterioration in commercial relations between Colombia and the United States. Colombia is once again under the threat...

Colombia president speaks about U.S. strikes on alleged drug vessels

Colombia president on U.S. boat strikes

Trump Says He’ll “Just Kill” Alleged Drug Traffickers Abroad: US Military Expands Anti-Drug Campaign

President Trump’s Latest Statement on Drug Trafficking On October 23, 2025, President Donald Trump made global headlines by stating his administration will take direct and lethal action against anyone allegedly trafficking narcotics into the...

Brain Rot 2: Legal Corruption, Cuomo Rascist AI Slop Edition

The term brain rot has been applied to LLMs and long covid but it’s also a useful term to describe the American legal corruption system in the Trump 2.0 era. I’ve written previously about the way the U.S. Supreme Court’s novel method of deciding...

Petro Mulls Ending US Military and CIA Presence in Colombia

President Gustavo Petro is reportedly considering ending U.S. military and CIA, Intelligence agencies presence in Colombia. Credit: Juan Diego Cano / Colombia Presidency / Public Domain President Gustavo Petro is reportedly considering ending U.S....

Wall Street Banks Come to the “Rescue” of Milei’s Argentina Just Days Before Make-or-Break Elections

A government largely run by former JP Morgan executives takes out a loan from current JPM executives (and other US banks). What could possibly go wrong? JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon landed in Buenos Aires this week to attend an event the Wall...

In the footsteps of the Colombian survivor of Trump’s strike against alleged drug submarine

There are question marks about the judicial future of Jeison Obando Pérez, the 34-year-old Colombian who was repatriated by the United States after surviving Washington’s attack on a suspected narco-submarine on October 16 in the Caribbean Sea....

WTO rules Colombia non-compliant in EU fries dispute

Colombia has failed to correctly implement the recommendations of a World Trade Organization (WTO) arbitration panel in a dispute with the European Union regarding frozen fries from Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands, according to a WTO...

Bolivia after the elections: How the rise of the right could reframe the Palestinian cause

A political shock with diplomatic ripples In October 2025, Bolivia stunned observers at home and abroad by electing Rodrigo Paz, a center-right candidate from the Christian Democratic Party of Bolivia (PDC), as its new president—ending nearly two...

Demonstration in Bogota in support of the constituent process

In a speech, the president invited the population of the capital, and the entire department of Cundinamarca, to gather at 4:00 p.m. (local time) in the central Plaza de Bolivar. The call comes just as the United States’s offences on Colombia and...

From despair to hope: Two decades of tamarin conservation in Colombia

MORE than twenty years ago, I found myself in a rescue centre near the city of Medellín, on the western side of Colombia’s Magdalena Valley. I can still remember the sight – rows of tiny tamarins peering nervously from cramped cages, hundreds of...

Nicolas Maduro pleads with Trump not to start 'crazy war' with Venezuela after US president threatened military action

By PERKIN AMALARAJ, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 03:50 EDT, 24 October 2025 | Updated: 07:46 EDT, 24 October 2025 Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pleaded with Donald Trump to avoid a 'crazy war' as an escalating US military campaign sent...

Thunes Enables Instant Payment Access To and From Colombia With New Real-Time Payment System Bre-B

Thunes, the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world, has launched real-time cross-border payments to and from Colombia through Bre-B, the country’s new national instant payment system from Banco de la República, the Central Bank of...

Trump Says Military Action Against Drug Cartels To Continue Without Formal War Declaration

Home North America Trump Says Military Action Against Drug Cartels To Continue Without Formal War... The U.S. military has been increasing its presence in the Caribbean, including deployments of guided-missile destroyers, F-35 fighter jets, a...

Thunes launches cross-border payments in Colombia

Thunes has initiated cross-border payment services in Colombia in real-time, utilising Bre-B, the nation’s new instant system established by Colombia’s central bank, Banco de la República. This initiative is part of Thunes’ ongoing efforts to link...

Ecuador's President Claims Attempt On Life Through Chocolate, Jam Poisoning

Last Updated:October 24, 2025, 15:55 IST Ecuador's President, Daniel Noboa, claimed someone attempted to poison him by placing highly toxic substances in gifts of chocolate and jam. Rapid Read Summarized by AI. + + Follow usOn Google Ecuador...

Colombia's Petro accuses Trump of ‘carrying out extrajudicial executions’ after 9 US strikes on alleged drug boats

Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Thursday accused President Donald Trump of “carrying out extrajudicial executions” that "violate international law" after nine US strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats. According to the US government...

U.S. military carries out two more strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Pacific, killing five

The U.S. carried out two more strikes on alleged drug vessels this week—this time on the Pacific side of Latin America—killing five people and marking a major expansion of the Trump administration’s anti-narcotics campaign. No U.S. personnel were...