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Geopark: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Mar. 06, 2024 18:05 PM EST

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Geopark Ltd. (GPRK) on Wednesday reported profit of $26.3 million in its fourth quarter. On a per-share basis, the Bogota, Colombia-based company said it had profit of 47 cents. The oil and gas company posted revenue...

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...

David Carey is the original Mr. 57 in golf. His mother tells him he now has to shoot 56

Feb. 13, 2024 17:52 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — David Carey only seems to get attention whenever someone posts a sub-60 score in golf. This time, the first word of another historic round came as a text from his mother. “My mom sent me a message that said, ‘Now you have to shoot 56,’” Carey said. ...

Another day, another sub-60 round on the Korn Ferry Tour

Feb. 09, 2024 20:41 PM EST

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Aldrich Potgieter of South Africa made it two straight sub-60 rounds in the Korn Ferry Tour’s Astara Golf Championship, shooting an 11-under 59 on Friday on the short Pacos course to take the second-round lead. A day after Cristobal Del Solar of Chile set...

Cristobal Del Solar shoots 57 to set Korn Ferry Tour record

Feb. 08, 2024 15:24 PM EST

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Cristobal Del Solar of Chile set the Korn Ferry Tour record on Thursday with a 13-under 57 in the Astara Golf Championship, the lowest round in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event and matching the record on tours that are part of the Official World Golf ranking. Del...

US aid office in Colombia reports its Facebook page was hacked

Jan. 28, 2024 12:14 PM EST

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Colombia office of the U.S. government agency that oversees foreign aid and development funding said its Facebook page was hacked and asked the public to ignore any posts or links from the account. The United States Agency for International Development...

1 soldier killed and 12 injured in attack in Colombia blamed on drug cartel

Jan. 03, 2024 11:59 AM EST

BUCARAMANGA, Colombia (AP) — One soldier was killed and 12 were injured Wednesday in an attack with explosives on a military unit in western Colombia that the army blamed on the notorious Gulf Clan drug cartel. The attack occurred early Wednesday in a military facility in the...