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April 20, 2023 at 9:16 am

Biden, Colombia’s Petro meet amid growing policy differences VIEW

President Joe Biden is holding talks at the White House with Colombia's president, Gustavo Petro.

Nation & World

April 10, 2023 at 8:35 pm

Colombian convicted for racism directed at nation’s Black VP

A 62-year-old woman has been convicted of discrimination and harassment on for making racist comments about Colombia’s first Black vice president during an antigovernment protest...

Nation & World

March 7, 2023 at 9:22 pm

Women enlist in Colombia’s army for first time in 25 years VIEW

For the first time in 25 years, Colombia has opened military service to women.

FILE — Hippos float in the lake at Hacienda Napoles Park, once the private estate of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar who imported three female hippos and one male decades ago in Puerto Triunfo, Colombia, Feb. 4, 2021. Colombia intends to undertake the task of trying to transfer to India and Mexico at least 70 hippos that live in the surroundings of the park as a measure to control its population, the manager of Animal Protection and Welfare at the Antioquia Environment Secretariat said Thursday, March 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File) XLAT102 XLAT102

March 2, 2023 at 6:32 pm

Colombia proposes shipping invasive hippos to India, Mexico

Colombia is proposing transferring at least 70 hippopotamuses that live near Pablo Escobar’s former ranch to India and Mexico as part of a plan to...

Nation & World

January 13, 2023 at 3:55 pm

Colombia president asks to stop arrest of narco sought by US

Colombia’s president is seeking to suspend arrest orders against some of the country’s biggest criminal suspects as part of an ambitious plan to dismantle armed...

Colombian environmental engineer GermÃ(degrees)n Viasus Tibamoso, owner of Tierra Viva, holds a Hercules beetle in Tunja, Colombia, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. The company transforms solid, organic waste, with the help of beetle larvae’s digestive microorganisms, that transform the waste into a compost rich in nitrogen and phosphorous. Once adults, the beetles are sent to scientific labs and others to Japan where they are popular as pets. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) COFV301 COFV301

November 22, 2022 at 8:37 am

Hard-working Colombian beetles clean garbage, retire as pets VIEW

A Colombian company is using beetles to transform food waste into fertilizer— and then sends some off to retirement as pets in Japan.

October 13, 2022 at 10:02 pm

US migrant policy ‘bucket of cold water’ to some Venezuelans VIEW

Venezuelan Gilbert Fernández still plans to cross the dangerous Darien jungle into Panama.

September 26, 2022 at 10:49 am

Cargo traffic movement resumes between Colombia, Venezuela

Trucks loaded with aluminum and medications have crossed a bridge linking Colombia and Venezuela for the first time in seven years.

Business

September 9, 2022 at 7:54 am

Colombia, Venezuela border to reopen to cargo traffic

The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela say the years-long closure of their countries’ shared border to cargo transport will end Sept. 26.

August 8, 2022 at 5:11 pm

Colombia’s leftist president presents ambitious tax plan

Colombia’s first leftist president has presented an ambitious tax plan that aims to raise up to $11 billion a year for anti-poverty programs.

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