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Colombia’s Petro tells U.S President Trump: “We Must Rise to the Occasion”
The City Paper Bogotá
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July 7, 2025
On June 23, Colombian President Gustavo Petro began to retract affirmations that a “coup” was being orchestrated by “extreme right-wing politicians” against his government, acknowledging in a formal letter to U.S. President Donald Trump that his...
Report: Paramilitary Terrorist Groups Thrive in Colombia Under Ex-Guerrilla President Gustavo Petro
Breitbart
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July 9, 2025
Illegal armed groups in Colombia have significantly expanded their territorial control and added thousands of members to their ranks in the past three years of the administration of far-left President Gustavo Petro, Reuters reported on Tuesday....
Bogotá Strengthens Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, and Exhibitions Offering
Finance Colombia
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July 7, 2025
To enhance MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) tourism in Bogotá, 56 local tourism service providers participated in a diploma course focused on this sector. The initiative aims to strengthen the industry by promoting trade,...
Colombia’s president backtracks on accusations against US officials in letter to Trump
Associated Press
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July 8, 2025
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro attempted to ease tensions with the United States in June by sending a letter to President Donald Trump saying he did not intend to accuse U.S. officials of trying to overthrow his...
Colombia’s healthcare system deteriorated further despite govt intervention
Colombia Reports
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July 7, 2025
The Comptroller General’s Office (CGO) issued an alert about an ongoing degradation of Colombia’s public healthcare system, which is owed more than $8.2 billion (COP32.9 trillion) by private intermediaries called EPS’s. In its annual report, the...
Nuevo proyecto de decreto para el sistema de finanzas abiertas en Colombia
JD Supra - California
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July 9, 2025
La Unidad de Regulación Financiera (URF) publicó para comentarios al público una nueva versión del proyecto de decreto por medio del cual se pretende regular el sistema de finanzas abiertas en Colombia. Esta iniciativa regulatoria resulta de la...
U.S. ambassador returns to Colombia to present concerns
World - North Carolina
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The United States’ acting ambassador to Colombia, John T. McNamara, on Wednesday said he returned to his post in the South American country after he was recalled to Washington last week for urgent consultations. He arrived in the city of Medellín...
President of Coljuegos to be 'Guest of Honor Regulator' at SAGSE Paraguay 2025
Yogonet International
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July 7, 2025
SAGSE Paraguay 2025 organizers have announced the participation of Marco Emilio Hincapié, President of Coljuegos, as Guest of Honor Regulator in the next edition of the event, set to gather major stakeholders of the gaming industry in Latin...
Rashida Tlaib comments on WWII memorials and current political issues
Detroit City Wire - Michigan
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July 9, 2025
U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib representing Michigan's 12th Congressional District | Official U.S. House headshotU.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib representing Michigan's 12th Congressional District | Official U.S. House headshot Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib,...
International experts join mass grave excavation at former mother and baby home in Ireland
Sky News
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July 7, 2025
International experts have joined Irish specialists at a mass grave where almost 800 babies and young children are thought to be buried. A team from Colombia, Spain, the UK, Canada and the US has linked up with staff from the Office of the...
Indigenous Amazonians win landmark ruling against mercury pollution in Colombia
Mongabay
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July 9, 2025
Colombia’s Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of 30 Indigenous communities in the Amazon, ordering protection measures due to mercury contamination from gold mining that threatens their health, food security and cultural survival. The...
‘Never touched a gun’: Colombia fighters step up child soldier recruitment
Al Jazeera
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July 9, 2025
The last time Marta saw her 14-year-old son was three months ago – he was wearing rebel army fatigues and holding a rifle as he marched down the street with the other child soldiers. She ran to the commanding officer and begged him to release her...
Anti-Christian violence on the rise in Colombia
The Catholic Register
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July 9, 2025
For almost three weeks, Colombian authorities have been searching for Fr. Carlos Jaimes Guerrero, a 30-year-old Augustinian friar who went missing on June 17, and they still have not identified potential reasons for his disappearance. Concerns...
Azerbaijan and Colombia discuss expanding cooperation between their national libraries
Azertag
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July 9, 2025
Baku, July 9, AZERTAC On July 8, Colombia’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan Luis Fernando Cuartas Ayala and Chargé d’Affaires, Consul of the Colombian Embassy in Azerbaijan Andrés Felipe Giraldo López visited the National Library of Azerbaijan. Professor...
International experts join mass grave excavation at mother and baby home in Tuam
Irish Mirror
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July 7, 2025
An international team of experts have joined Irish specialists ahead of an excavation of a mass grave at the site of a notorious former mother and baby home in the west of Ireland. Personnel from Colombia, Spain, the UK, Canada and the US have...
International experts join mass grave excavation at Tuam mother and baby home
The Roscommon Herald
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July 7, 2025
By Cillian Sherlock, PA An international team of experts have joined Irish specialists ahead of an excavation of a mass grave at the site of a notorious former mother and baby home in the west of Ireland. Personnel from Colombia, Spain, the UK,...
International experts join mass grave excavation at mother and baby home
Leinster Express
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July 7, 2025
An international team of experts have joined Irish specialists ahead of an excavation of a mass grave at the site of a notorious former mother and baby home in the west of Ireland. Personnel from Colombia, Spain, the UK, Canada and the US have...
3Sixty Duty Free opens at Matecaña International Airport
DFNI-Frontier
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July 9, 2025
3Sixty Duty Free & More has launched its new operation at Colombia’s Aeropuerto Internacional Matecaña de Pereira. The opening, in the airport’s new terminal, is the first duty-free outlet in the country’s famed coffee region, and includes...
3Sixty Duty Free opens new duty free shops at Colombia’s Matecaña Airport
TR Business
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July 9, 2025
Alexander Anson, COO, 3Sixty Duty Free. Omni-channel travel retailer 3Sixty Duty Free & More says it has taken a ‘meaningful step’ in its Latin American growth strategy with the launch of new duty free operations at Aeropuerto Internacional...
CSW raises alarm over disappearance of Colombian priest
The Catholic Herald Online
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July 9, 2025
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) is calling on the Colombian government to urgently conduct a full and co-ordinated investigation into the disappearance of a Roman Catholic Priest who was last seen on 17 June. Father Carlos Saúl Jaimes...