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Colombian Survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto Built A Century of Renewal
LatinAmerican Post
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August 20, 2025
Samuel Gutman, survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto and longtime Colombian businessman, died in Bogotá at 100. One of the nation’s last living witnesses to the Holocaust, his century stretched from Nazi-occupied Poland to a life rebuilt with discipline...
In Colombia, Álvaro Uribe’s Conviction Is a Flash Point
Jacobin
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On August 1, former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe was sentenced to twelve years of house arrest, making history as the first head of state in modern Colombia to face a criminal conviction. In a country long defined by entrenched impunity for...
Ending Colombia’s Cocaine Conflict Hinges on Negotiating With “21st Century” Guerrillas
TIME Magazine
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August 20, 2025
This article is a co-production with Amazon Underworld, a journalistic alliance covering crime trends throughout the Amazon Basin. A small motorized boat streaks across the San Miguel River—the natural frontier between Colombia and...
Gonsalves says NDP apologists, fellow-travellers suffer from contagious denial
St. Vincent Times
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August 20, 2025
THE POLITICAL DISEASE OF DENIAL The apologists and fellow-travellers of the opposition NDP are in a state of denial; they should avoid each other because this contagious political disease among this small, and shrinking band of rank opportunists...
Ending Colombia's Cocaine Conflict Hinges on Unconventional Talks
Yahoo News
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This article is a co-production with Amazon Underworld, a journalistic alliance covering crime trends throughout the Amazon Basin. A small motorized boat streaks across the San Miguel River—the natural frontier between Colombia and...
UK leads record-breaking summer for international tourism in Spain
Spanish News Today
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Date Published: 20/08/2025 Spain’s tourism sector has smashed another record this summer. Official figures released on Tuesday August 19 show that 11.7 million international tourists arrived by air in July, up 4.3% compared to the same month last...
Canadians continue to shun US as number of trips to popular holiday state plummet
The Mirror US
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August 20, 2025
06:49 ET, 20 Aug 2025Updated 06:50 ET, 20 Aug 2025 Canadian border crossings into a popular North East state have plummeted since Trump took over and began feuding with the US' northern neighbor. New data from US Customs and Border Protection show...
Staten Island relief organization: Gaza travel ban threatens care for war-injured children
SI Live - New York
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August 20, 2025
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- At just 4 years old, Omar Abukwaik lost his arm and suffered severe injuries when a bombing destroyed his home and killed his entire family in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas war. The boy also suffered severe burns to his body,...
India Strengthens Latin America Ties With High-Level Visits To Colombia, Peru
StratNews Global
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August 20, 2025
Home South America India Strengthens Latin America Ties With High-Level Visits To Colombia, Peru While Colombia is a major oil supplier to India, in Peru the Indian delegation will explore cooperation in mining, rare earths and pharmaceuticals...
International tourism hits record highs: Spain receives 64 million passengers by air up to July, with Brits leading the way
SUR in English
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August 20, 2025
Last summer Spain recorded an all-time high in international tourist arrivals, but the sector still shows no sign of reaching its peak, despite the difficulty of continuing to grow at the current levels. The latest official figures, published by...
New Zealand Takes #1 Spot in International Foodie Travel Index
Hospitality Business
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August 20, 2025
New Zealand has been named this year’s must-visit vacation spot for foodies in the United States, taking the top spot in a new comprehensive index. Student travel company Rustic Pathways analysed 70 travel destinations against 32 factors related...
Sentencing For Second Defendant In Robbery Of Beverly Hills Tourist
Canyon News - California
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August 20, 2025
BEVERLY HILLS—On August 7, 2024, a British tourist visiting Beverly Hills sat on the patio of his hotel’s café and was shocked when approached by a man who pointed a semi-automatic handgun at him. At the same time, another man took the tourist’s...
Aruba’s Latin American tourism surges in July and Canada shows strong growth
24ora
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August 19, 2025
0 Aruba saw a significant increase in stay-over tourism in July 2025, with notable growth from Latin America and Canada. A total of 141,904 stay-over visitors arrived, representing a 15% increase compared to July 2024—an absolute rise of 18,467...
Tourism in the Dominican Republic Is Reaching New Heights
Caribbean Journal
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August 18, 2025
From the bustling streets of Santo Domingo to the white sands of Bávaro Beach and the cool mountain breezes of Jarabacoa, the Dominican Republic is drawing more travelers than ever before. In the first seven months of 2025, the country welcomed...
Full list of 72 'do not travel' countries as Foreign Office warns UK tourists
Chronicle Live
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August 19, 2025
The Foreign Office has put a series of countries on a "do not travel" list in advance of the summer holiday season. Out of 226 countries or territories with foreign travel advice pages, 72 are presently marked as having no-go areas owing to...
Colombia's 'rebel nun' has led decades of spiritual resistance against state violence
Global Sisters Report
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In a homey third-story apartment in Soacha, Colombia, on the outskirts of Bogotá, Sr. Maritze Trigos Torres pulls a plastic bag from a cabinet. Inside are photographs no one should have to see: the decomposing body of Fr. Tiberio Fernández Mafla,...
What Nigeria can learn from Caribbean—and Colombian—health financing
Business Day
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August 19, 2025
In the global search for sustainable health financing models, countries like Nigeria must look beyond legacy systems and toward proven innovations emerging from resource-constrained regions. At the 2025 BusinessDay Health Conference, a compelling...
Crime Tourists Get Prison For $1M Watch Robbery, But How They Got Killer Cop’s Gun Remains A Mystery
Patch
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August 19, 2025
Ten years after ex-LAPD officer Christopher Dorner's killing spree, crime tourists in Beverly Hills were caught with his weapon. Posted Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 5:57 pm PT BEVERLY HILLS, CA — Two South Americans who were part of a "crime tourism"...
Ambassador Helena Storm Highlights Sweden’s Trade Growth and Peacebuilding Impact in Colombia
Finance Colombia
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August 18, 2025
The Nordic country of Sweden has been in the news quite a bit recently in Colombia. Yes, Ikea has been establishing a presence in Bogotá and Medellín, and the Grupo Familia consumer packaged goods company is now part of Essity, but notably,...
4. Tren de Aragua Clashes with Colombia’s Underworld
InSight Crime - Washington D.C.
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August 18, 2025
In the early hours of July 1, 2024, an elite corps of Colombian police suited up and loaded their automatic rifles, aiming to end their hunt for one of the most wanted men in Latin America. After several months of tracking and surveillance,...