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Washington Delegation to Attend Funeral of Slain Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe
The City Paper Bogotá
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August 12, 2025
Christopher Landau, the United States Deputy Secretary of State, is scheduled to arrive in Bogotá on Tuesday to attend Wednesday’s funeral of Colombian Senator and presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay, whose death on Monday from wounds...
On The Up: Hastings teen heads to Colombia to represent NZ at chess Olympiad
The New Zealand Herald
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August 13, 2025
He earned his place after becoming NZ’s under-16 champion earlier this year, adding to a growing list of achievements that include winning the Major Open at the NZ Congress at just 14. “He’s the youngest to have ever won that,” Paula said. “I am...
Exodus Adventure Travels unveils new Citizen Science departures
Travel Press
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August 13, 2025
Exodus Adventure Travels, has released details of its new Citizen Science departures for 2025 and 2026. The Citizen Science departures enable customers to spend a part of their Exodus adventure taking part in valuable scientific research....
Travel advisory updated for popular tourist destination due to risk of kidnapping
SI Live - New York
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August 9, 2025
The U.S. Department of State is urging residents to exercise increased caution when traveling to Brazil due to crime and kidnapping. The level two travel advisory was updated on Friday to indicate the added threat of kidnapping within the nation....
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...
Locals and tourists enjoy third edition of “Ban Bek Caya”
24ora
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August 13, 2025
The third edition of “Ban Bek Caya,” the largest event in Oranjestad’s city center, drew thousands of people to Caya Betico Croes for an evening filled with flavor, music, and vibrant atmosphere. The event offered a rich mix of culinary delights,...
Top U.S. diplomat Landau to attend Uribe funeral in Colombia
United Press International (UPI)
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1 of 3 | Colombian Sen. Miguel Uribe, seen here in June 2024, died on Monday, his wife announced on social media, two months after he had been seriously wounded by a gunshot to the head during a campaign event. File Photo by Carlos Ortega/EPA Aug....
Exodus Adventure Travels announces new Citizen Science departures
Travel Daily News
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August 12, 2025
Exodus Adventure Travels launches 2025–2026 Citizen Science trips, enabling travelers to aid global biodiversity research by collecting and analysing environmental DNA samples. NEW YORK – Award-winning small-group tour operator, Exodus Adventure...
Hawaiʻi DOH reports 12th travel-related dengue virus case of 2025
Maui Now - Hawaii
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Aedes albopictus is a widespread invasive mosquito in Hawaiʻi. Photo Credit: James Gathany, CDC. The Hawaiʻi Department of Health has confirmed a new travel-related case of dengue virus on Oʻahu, bringing the total number of dengue cases to 12 in...
Colombias Petro rejects Perus claim to Amazon River island
Mint
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August 8, 2025
Colombia and Peru traded barbs and reiterated competing claims to a remote Amazon River island home to fewer than 3,000 people, with Bogota accusing its neighbor on Thursday of effectively annexing the area. The South American nations have feuded...
Colombia’s Streets Erupt as Uribe’s Supporters Turn Verdict Into a Rallying Cry
LatinAmerican Post
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August 8, 2025
Under a gray Bogotá sky, rain-slicked streets became a chorus of defiance. Thousands in Colombia and abroad rallied behind former president Álvaro Uribe, rejecting the 12-year house arrest sentence they see as political persecution rather than...
Colombian president stirs up border tension over Santa Rosa Island: ‘The treaty has not been complied with, Peru violated it’
El País
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August 8, 2025
Tensions are escalating. Colombian President Gustavo Petro doubled down on Thursday on his territorial claim to an island in the Amazon River that has emerged as a source of conflict in a border dispute with Peru. “Colombia does not recognize...
Murders, kidnapping prompt U.S. travel warning for this tropical destination
SI Live - New York
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August 12, 2025
Ongoing crime and a recent kidnapping have prompted the U.S. Department of State to update its travel advisory for Brazil. The Level 2 advisory urges travelers to “exercise increased caution in Brazil.” It also urges Americans not to travel...
Mercer On Mission program an ‘invaluable’ experience for Mercerians, Colombians
Mercer Den
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August 12, 2025
Mercerians and residents of Bogotá, Colombia, left an equally significant impact on one another during their three weeks together in the South American country this summer. During this new Mercer On Mission program, Mercer University students and...
Latin American Workers Keep Albania’s Tourism Afloat Amid a Shrinking Workforce
LatinAmerican Post
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August 12, 2025
From the beaches of Vlora to the crowded promenades of Saranda, the sound of the waves now mingles with accents from thousands of miles away. As Albania’s visitor numbers soar, its hotels and resorts are leaning on a new labor force from Latin...
BTA Draws Global Talent
Botswana Gazette
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August 20, 2025
Players converged in Gaborone from as far afield as Switzerland, the United States, Colombia, Portugal and the United Kingdom for the tournament that gave a strong platform to homegrown talent TLOTLO KEBINAKGABO Under the sunlit courts of the...
Colombian army dismantles migrant smuggling ring that charged over $3,000 per person to reach the US
Daily Mail
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August 7, 2025
By ADRY TORRES, US BILINGUAL REPORTER Published: 17:26 EDT, 7 August 2025 | Updated: 17:34 EDT, 7 August 2025 A transnational ring that trafficked migrants to the United States for over $3,000 per person has been dismantled, the Colombian Army...
World News in Brief: The agony of Sudan continues, the deceased Colombian presidential candidate, the world celebrates Steelpan
The European Times
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August 12, 2025
The director of operations and advocacy at the United Nations Coordination Office (Ochha), Edem Wosornu, warned on Monday that More than 60 people have died of malnutrition in a single week In the besieged city of the government of El Fasher in...
Colombia’s Battle of Boyacá: The Riverbank Where a Republic Was Born and a Monarchy Fell
LatinAmerican Post
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August 7, 2025
On a fog-laced afternoon in 1819, a teenage fusilier near a narrow bridge in Boyacá captured a Spanish general—and in that moment, the crumbling Spanish crown in South America gave way to a people’s republic that has lasted two centuries and...
Human Rights Watch Submission to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Review of Colombia
Human Rights Watch
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August 11, 2025
We write in advance of the 78th session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the “Committee”) and its review of Colombia. This submission focuses on issues of poverty and inequality, labor violations and sexual exploitation of...