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Colombia's presidential office manipulates video of President Petro at UN to hype applause
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Colombian government manipulated a video to alter the applause received by President Gustavo Petro during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The Associated Press reviewed the video and was able to verify that it was altered. The...
Colombian leader summons intense oratory for a bleak warning: that humanity is making itself extinct
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro delivered an ominous prophecy with grandiose language on Tuesday, painting a grim picture of what lies ahead if nations fail to swiftly redesign the way humans live on this planet. “It has been a year in which humanity lost...
Colombia announces cease-fire with a group that split off from the FARC rebels
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government and one of the nation's last remaining rebel groups announced Tuesday that they will start peace talks next month, and enter a 10-month cease-fire that is expected to decrease violence against civilians. The agreement between the...
Colombia's president has a plan for 'total peace.' But militias aren't putting down their guns yet
BUENAVENTURA, Colombia (AP) — Officers wade through rows of abandoned wooden homes teetering above a mangrove-cloaked river – one of the key channels used by gangs to move drugs and weapons through this long-neglected swath of Colombia’s Pacific coast. Each step for them is a...
President Gustavo Petro's plan for 'total peace' in Colombia: Takeaways from AP's report
BUENAVENTURA, Colombia (AP) — Across Colombia, decades of war between leftist guerrillas, rightwing paramilitaries, trafficking groups and the government have left more than 9.5 million people – nearly 20% of the population – as victims of forced displacement, homicide, sexual violence and...
UN says Colombia's coca crop at all-time high as officials promote new drug policies
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Coca cultivation reached an all-time high in Colombia last year, the U.N. said, as the administration of President Gustavo Petro struggles to reduce poverty in remote areas and contain armed groups that are profiting from the cocaine trade. The new findings...
Thousands take to Colombia’s streets to protest 50% increase in gasoline prices
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Thousands of protesters on cars and motorbikes took to the streets of Colombia’s main cities on Monday to reject recent hikes in gasoline prices that have drastically increased the price of fuel in the South American country. Protesters say that the...
Senator Rubio urges Biden administration to reject a former warlord's extradition to Colombia
MIAMI (AP) — Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio is calling on the Biden administration to reject Colombia's request for extradition of a former warlord after he was named a peace envoy in the South American nation, a move that could see him avoid additional prison time for human rights abuses. ...
Amazon nations seek common voice on climate change, urge developed world to help protect rainforest
BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Leaders from South American nations that are home to the Amazon challenged developed countries on Tuesday to do more to stop massive destruction of the world’s largest rainforest, a task they said can’t fall to just a few when the crisis has been caused by so many. ...
Colombia's first leftist president is stalled by congress and a campaign finance scandal
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro took office a year ago laying out ambitious goals for the nation’s first leftist government. He said his agenda would provide Colombians with a “second opportunity” to end decades of internal violence, and he promised...
