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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's president invites the country's largest criminal group to peace talks, and it accepts

Mar. 19, 2024 13:52 PM EDT

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's largest criminal group said Tuesday it has accepted President Gustavo Petro's offer to start peace negotiations, but the next steps in any talks were not immediately clear. The Gaitanista Self Defense Forces of Colombia — called the Gulf Clan by...

Lured by the passion for soccer, growing number of foreign players join Argentina's women's league

Mar. 15, 2024 18:42 PM EDT

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — After watching Lionel Messi lift the World Cup trophy for Argentina, Japanese striker Ichika Egashira packed her bags and took a plane to the other side of the planet to play where her soccer hero was born. The 21-year-old Egashira didn't speak Spanish or...

Gerald Levin, the former Time Warner CEO who engineered a disastrous mega-merger, is dead at 84

Mar. 15, 2024 03:34 AM EDT

SAN FRANCISO (AP) — Gerald Levin, who led Time Warner Media into a disastrous $182 billion merger with the internet provider America Online, died Wednesday at the age of 84, according to media reports. Levin had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, although his cause of death...

Women blast through gender barriers in Colombia's emerald mines, but struggle to emerge from poverty

Mar. 14, 2024 00:12 AM EDT

COSCUEZ, Colombia (AP) — Deep inside mountain tunnels where the heat is so intense it causes headaches, women with power tools are chipping away at boulders in search of gems. They have opened a difficult path for themselves in Colombia's emerald industry, a sector long dominated by men. ...

Voters choose county commissioner as new Georgia House member

Mar. 12, 2024 23:48 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Voters in a Georgia state House district near Augusta have chosen a county commissioner to fill a vacancy created when the former representative stepped down to become a judge. In state House District 125, Columbia County Commissioner Gary Richardson of Evans beat...

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...

From US jail, Venezuelan general who defied Maduro awaits potentially lengthy sentence

Mar. 12, 2024 10:16 AM EDT

CARMEL, N.Y. (AP) — With his strong military bearing, purposeful stride and firm handshake, Cliver Alcalá still looks every bit the retired three-star Venezuelan army general, even though the only uniform he wears now are drab jailhouse khakis. A formidable opponent of socialist...

Sen. Susan Collins' mother, a civic-minded matriarch, dies at age 96

Mar. 05, 2024 19:32 PM EST

CARIBOU, Maine (AP) — Patricia “Pat” Collins, a civic-minded matriarch who raised six children, including Republican Sen. Susan Collins, and led a life of public service, died Tuesday at age 96, the senator announced. Pat Collins was raised in Port Jervis, New York, after...

Transit of migrants through the Darien Gap resumes as Colombian boat companies end work stoppage

Mar. 04, 2024 18:37 PM EST

BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Migrants bound for the U.S. are once again crossing the Darien Gap in large numbers, officials in Colombia said on Monday, after being stranded for much of last week in a small town along the country's Caribbean coast due to a work stoppage by local boat captains. ...