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Colombia threatens to break ties with Israel if it doesn't comply with a UN cease-fire resolution

Mar. 26, 2024 12:44 PM EDT

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday threatened to break off diplomatic ties with Israel if the country doesn't comply with a U.N. Security Council resolution that calls for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. Petro made the announcement on X,...

Colombia suspends ceasefire with faction of ex-FARC rebels following attack on Indigenous community

Mar. 17, 2024 23:27 PM EDT

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Sunday suspended a ceasefire with one of a handful of armed groups with which he hoped to negotiate peace accords, saying its fighters violated the truce by attacking an Indigenous community. The government said that...

A seasoned prosecutor with few political ties is selected as Colombia's attorney general

Mar. 12, 2024 22:20 PM EDT

BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday selected the nation’s new attorney general following a month of deliberations that were interrupted by protests outside the court and complaints from President Gustavo Petro 's supporters, who argued the judges were stonewalling his...

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

Mar. 10, 2024 19:33 PM EDT

March 1-7, 2024 Haiti's former elite police officer Jimmy Chérizier, now the leader of the “G9 and Family gang,” said he would target government ministers to prevent the prime minister’s return to Haiti and force his resignation. Protesters demonstrated against reforms...

In Senegal's capital, Nicaragua is a hot ticket among travel agents as migrants try to reach US

Mar. 02, 2024 13:15 PM EST

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Gueva Ba tried to reach Europe by boat 11 times from Morocco, failing each attempt. Then, in 2023, the former welder heard about a new route to the United States by flying to Nicaragua and making the rest of the journey illegally by land to Mexico's northern border. ...

Colombia pauses buying Israeli weapons and president calls war in Gaza 'genocide'

Feb. 29, 2024 18:02 PM EST

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro announced Thursday his government is suspending purchases of weapons from Israel after Palestinians say Israeli troops fired at people seeking food in Gaza, marking an escalation of tensions between both countries over the Israel-Hamas...

Warlord involved in hundreds of murders repatriated to Colombia after serving US drug sentence

Feb. 28, 2024 01:12 AM EST

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian warlord Salvatore Mancuso was repatriated Tuesday after serving a drug trafficking sentence in the United States and being denied several requests to be sent to Italy, where he also has citizenship. Mancuso arrived in Bogota’s El Dorado Airport...

Editorial Roundup: Michigan

Feb. 26, 2024 07:19 AM EST

Detroit News. February 24, 2024. Editorial: Whitmer’s instincts right on Education Dept. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer may be tiptoeing around the state constitution in stripping the education department of most of its funding, but we support her objectives in doing so. ...

Colombia will send deep-water expedition to explore 300-year-old shipwreck thought to hold treasure

Feb. 23, 2024 21:27 PM EST

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government announced plans Friday for a deep-water expedition to explore the mythical galleon San José, sunk in the 18th century in the country’s northern Caribbean and believed to contain cargo valued at billions of dollars. The first phase...

Attorney for widow of slain Haitian president rejects indictment and says it's politically motivated

Feb. 21, 2024 16:36 PM EST

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An attorney for Haitian President Jovenel Moïse’s widow, who was indicted in his assassination, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he believes the accusations against her are politically motivated. U.S.-based attorney Paul Turner said he was...