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How ICE Became Trump’s Secret Army
The Atlantic
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August 20, 2025
Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Pocket Casts On this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum begins with reflections on how Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown has transformed America into what he...
Wingo Introduces Direct Bogotá to Guatemala City Route
Finance Colombia
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August 16, 2025
On August 14, 2025, low-cost carrier Wingo announced the launch of a new direct air route connecting Bogotá and Guatemala City. The service, which will operate three times per week, is scheduled to begin on October 27. The new flights are a...
Truth about crime-ravaged Washington DC, where the murder rate is as high as WAR ZONES... and even Democrats are all now saying the same thing
Daily Mail
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August 20, 2025
It was 11pm on a weeknight and, in a McDonald's just a 10-minute walk from the White House, a homeless man got the shock of his life after refusing to come out of the restroom. Staff called police who would have normally put this at the bottom of...
Colombia: Conservative Congressman Survives Gunfire Attack on Day of Slain Senator’s Burial
Breitbart
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August 14, 2025
Colombian conservative Congressman Julio César Triana survived an attack on Wednesday night after his vehicle came under fire by unknown individuals as he left the Southwestern city of La Plata, Huila. The lawmaker and his team made it out...
From warzones to tropical islands: Meet the 19-year-old solo traveller who has visited 118 nations
Euronews
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August 16, 2025
Solo travel has been on the rise for the last few years, boosted by Gen Z and millennials, leading to younger and younger travellers breaking world records. Arjun Malaviya, a 19-year-old from Westlake Village, California, has already been to 118...
The 160-year-old tracks of Colombia’s Sabana train
Colombia Reports
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August 16, 2025
Perhaps one of the most authentic ways you can connect with your hometown is by taking the train; Bogota is no exception. Despite the city’s infrastructure shifting to accommodate an increasing number of cars within its confines, the old Sabana...
Colombia’s Clay Artist Sculpts Memory, Empathy, and Viral Conscience
LatinAmerican Post
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August 14, 2025
In a Bogotá apartment that doubles as a memorial, Edgar Humberto Álvarez molds Colombia’s pain and resilience into plastilina sculptures—turning grief into empathy, violence into testimony, and memory into something the internet can’t scroll past....
MI Lacrosse Club players make an impact in Medellín
Mercer Island Reporter - Washington State
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August 20, 2025
It wasn’t just a trip that focused on lacrosse, but a journey that featured making connections with others in a city far away from Mercer Island. For just less than a week in early August, 15 Mercer Island Lacrosse Club high school-aged boys, a...
Numbers Over Rights: How Trump’s Drug War Travels
International Policy Digest
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August 16, 2025
When President Donald Trump took office in January 2017, he inherited a U.S. “war on drugs” already notorious for entrenching racial disparities, criminalizing poverty, fueling mass incarceration, and hard-wiring militarized drug governance into...
Mexico Travel Warning Redraws Maps as Politics, Cartels and Tourism Collide
LatinAmerican Post
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August 16, 2025
A new U.S. travel advisory brands cartel violence in Mexico as “terrorism,” jolting the tourism industry, stoking political tension, and unsettling the millions who travel—or live—south of the border. Behind the bold language lies a map colored in...
Four-day symptom warning issued as deadly virus found in UK travellers
Stoke-on-Trent Live
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August 16, 2025
It comes after cases were detected in the UK for the first time Holidaymakers have been issued an urgent warning over symptoms that emerge after four days as three cases of a potentially fatal virus have been identified in the UK for the first...
Colombia Under U.S. Scrutiny
Al Dia News
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Colombian–U.S. Tensions: Migrants, Tariffs, Justice, and a Political Assassination Since early 2025, relations between the United States and Colombia have entered a tense phase shaped by four key factors: migration, tariffs, the judicial ruling...
Colombian President Gustavo Petro Skips Funeral of Slain Conservative Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay
Breitbart
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August 13, 2025
Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro chose to not pay respects to conservative Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay at the Colombian Congress, where he has been lying in state, and will not attend Uribe’s burial on Wednesday afternoon, local...
UKHSA issues four-day symptom warning as deadly virus found in UK travellers
SurreyLive
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August 16, 2025
Holidaymakers have been issued an urgent alert regarding symptoms that emerge after four days as three cases of a potentially fatal virus have been identified in the UK for the first time. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has reported that...
LETTER: Proud of PONY Series
Observer-Reporter - Pennsylvania
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August 21, 2025
Proud of PONY Series Washington County once again hosted the Printscape PONY League World Series presented by DICK’s Sporting Goods last week, welcoming the world to our community and globally showcasing Washington County. Taking the field along...
Travel alert: Warnings issued for two major vacation hotspots over kidnapping, terror concerns
Cleveland.com - Ohio
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August 13, 2025
The U.S. Department of State has issued new travel advisories for Brazil and the United Arab Emirates. The agency is urging travelers to exercise increased caution when visiting the two destinations. Both received Level 2 advisories, the...
UKHSA issues four-day symptom alert as travellers at risk of deadly virus
The Mirror
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August 16, 2025
According to reports, three cases of this disease have now been detected in the UK Travellers have been issued a warning over symptoms that appear after four days as three cases of a potentially deadly virus have been detected in the UK for the...
Find out who’s on the shortlist for the Oscars of Scottish tourism
The Times
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Want to know the best places to stay, the must-visit attractions and top sporting events? Frankly, who has time to do the research? Well, luckily, the Scottish Thistle Awards judges do — they’ve found the hoteliers with heart, the restaurants...
Peru’s president affirms sovereignty of Amazon River island as tensions with Colombia escalate
Associated Press
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August 15, 2025
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian President Dina Boluarte on Friday traveled to an Amazon River island at the center of a territorial dispute with Colombia, where she affirmed Peru’s unquestionable sovereignty over the territory. The first visit from...
The Black Girl’s Guide to Travel: Destinations Perfect For A Solo Divor-cation
Essence
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August 15, 2025
The divorce papers are signed, your ring finger feels a little lighter, and it’s time to start writing a new chapter. What’s next? Sometimes it’s a divor-cation—a trip to recalibrate, release, and rediscover yourself. For some newly divorced...