COCAINE HIPPOS: Brought Into Colombia by Drug Lord Pablo Escobar 40 Years Ago, the ‘Invasive Species’ Is Breeding Out of Control and Has Started Attacking People Source Views: 0
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Emergency drills held nationwide in US, Colombia and Russia (updates added)
From Mark Crispin Miller @ Substack Dear Mark, I am writing to you from Colombia. We had a nationwide emergency evacuation drill here this morning. I noticed that something similar has happened in Russia today, and is scheduled for the USA later this afternoon. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/04/russia-ukraine-war-emergency-drills-nuclear/a51bbc3c-62ad-11ee-b406-3ea724995806_story.html https://www.npr.org/2023/10/03/1202900361/a-nationwide-emergency-alert-test-is-coming-to-your-phone-on-wednesday Kind of strange that at least these three countries […]
US Introduces New Immigration Pathway For People From Central America, Colombia
By Mimi Nguyen Lyvia The Epoch Times (emphasis ZH) The Biden administration has introduced a new immigration program to allow some nationals of Central America and Colombia to enter the United States. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on July 7 that it’s implementing “new family reunification parole (FRP) processes” for Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, and […]
Bullfighting Ban Faces Critical Legislative Vote In Colombia
Colombia is one of just eight countries where bullfights are still legal. Source Views: 0
African Slaves Used Braids to Communicate Escape Routes in Colombia
The hair of black boys and girls was, and continues to be, an object of ridicule and discrimination. Read more Section: News Weird Facts Read Later Source Views: 0
Cocaine-producing giant Colombia seeking to DECRIMINALIZE the drug
(NaturalNews) (Natural News) Major cocaine producer Colombia is considering the decriminalization of the drug, with a view to Bogota regulating the cocaine trade.Colombian President Gustavo Petro put forward the proposal to end the “prohibition” of cocaine during his inaugural address in August. According to the leftist leader, the country will work … [Read More…] Source […]
Colombia, once a pro-U.S. conservative bastion, turns left
Voters in Colombia have picked a powerful new duo, Gustavo Petro as president and Francia Márquez as vice president, to take the nation in a new direction, tackling economic and environmental injustice. Source Views: 0
Ukraine volunteer fighter and US citizen Craig Lang armed by Colombia to overthrow Venezuela’s gov’t, FBI source says
Craig Lang, a US Army veteran accused by US authorities of carrying out murders on American soil as well as torture and other war crimes in Ukraine, allegedly joined a band of insurgents armed by the Colombian police to overthrow the Venezuelan government. An FBI affidavit against Lang states that he was in Colombia with […]
Colombia: Outsider May Edge Out Center-Right Pick for a Chance to Beat Leftist in Presidential Election
The last-minute surge of outsider candidate Rodolfo Hernández in the Colombian presidential race suggest he could leap into second place in Sunday’s election, guaranteeing a place in a runoff, likely against far-left candidate Gustavo Petro. Views: 0
Forced Displacements In Colombia Increase By Over 169% During 2021
Above Photo: The Peace Community of San José de Apartadó is one of the many communities that has seen an increase in paramilitary violence and threats. They carried out a march for the right to life on December 23, 2021. Contagio Radio. The Office for Human Rights and Displacement (CODHES) condemned that 2021 had been […]
Biden Colombia plan stirs up Florida hornets nest
Calling the news “outrageous,” Taddeo criticized the Biden administration on Twitter and recounted how she fled her home country at the age of 17 “because of the Marxist terrorist organization, FARC, a group of militias who kidnapped my father who was a WWII American fighter pilot.” Stories like Taddeo’s aren’t rare in Miami-Dade, the state’s […]
Court in Colombia set to rule on decriminalising abortion
Protesters clashed in front of the Constitutional Court in Bogota, which is set to rule on a case that could decriminalise abortion in Colombia. It is currently a crime punishable by between one and four years in prison. In 2006, the Colombian judiciary approved the termination of pregnancy if there is a danger to the […]
Colombia Weighs Abortion Decriminalization As Feminist ‘Green Wave’ Sweeps Latin America
Colombia’s top constitutional court is set to rule in the coming days in a landmark case that could fully decriminalize abortion, a result that would provide the latest jolt to the feminist “Green Wave” movement that has pushed for and won expanded reproductive rights across Latin America. In December, Argentina became the largest of the […]
Tierradentro Hypogea, Colombia’s Mysterious Underground Necropolis
Tierradentro is a national archaeological park in Colombia. Within the Tierradentro Park are structures known as hypogea as well as stone statues. This unique South American site gives visitors a glance into Colombia’s mysterious ancient past. Hypogea are defined as any structure built underground, but more commonly they are known as ancient tombs or temples, […]
Colombia Arrests 10 Over Attacks on Duque’s Helicopter, Military Base
BOGOTA—Colombia has arrested 10 people accused of involvement in attacks on a helicopter carrying President Ivan Duque and a military base last month that officials said on Thursday were planned by former FARC terrorist leaders based in Venezuela. The car bombing at the base in the northeastern city of Cucuta, home to the army’s 30th […]
2 U.S. Men, Ex-Colombia Soldiers Held In Haiti Assassination
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Seventeen suspects have been detained so far in the stunning assassination of Haiti’s president, and Haitian authorities say two are believed to hold dual U.S.-Haitian citizenship and Colombia’s government says at least six are former members of its army. Léon Charles, chief of Haiti’s National Police, said Thursday night that 15 […]
The National Strike In Colombia: A Trade Union Perspective
For the past month and a half, Colombia has been gripped by social and political upheaval on a level unparalleled in the past half century. On 28 April, a national strike began that surged across the roads and avenues of more than 600 cities around the country, an unexpected but welcome surprise for the leaders […]