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Billionaire Ambani’s Son Wants To Save Escobar’s ‘Cocaine Hippos’ From Extinction In Colombia
Topline The wildlife rescuer son of billionaire Mukesh Ambani, India’s richest man, is publicly pleading with the Colombian government to…
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Colombian lawmaker among 15 missing in plane disappearance
Bogota, Colombia – Search and rescue teams in Colombia are searching for a passenger plane carrying 15 passengers that went missing near…
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Why the Birth of Three Andean Condors Represents a Second Chance for the Species
The post Why the Birth of Three Andean Condors Represents a Second Chance for the Species appeared first on A-Z Animals. Quick Take Three…
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Colombia slashes wages for its legislators as public spending balloons ahead of election
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s president on Tuesday reduced wages for members of Congress by approximately 30%, as the South American…
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Colombia says former FARC rebels have not kept promises to surrender cash and gold
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The former rebel group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, is violating a 2016 peace deal with the…
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An Indigenous Community’s Spiritual Haunting
In “Jaidë,” or “House of Spirits,” the Colombian photographer Santiago Mesa documents a remote people facing a rash of youth suicides.…
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'We’re not afraid': Life goes on for Indigenous Colombians despite volcano eruption risk
PURACE, Colombia (AP) — Oliverio Quira often goes to check on his cattle on a plot of land he owns less than a mile from the Purace…
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Police say 2 officers killed in northeast Colombia in explosion blamed on guerrilla
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Two police officers were killed Sunday in northeast Colombia in an attack that authorities blamed on the National…
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Parents search for children missing since a volcanic eruption in Colombia 40 years ago
ARMERO, Colombia (AP) — Martha Lucía López released the boat into the river alongside hundreds of others with the faces of missing…
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Colombian governor says he survived an assasination attempt in oil-rich Arauca province
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The governor of Colombia’s Arauca province said Monday that he survived an assassination attempt while traveling…
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Celebrity Race Across the World locations: Where is the 2025 series filmed?
Race Across the World is back, and this time it's the celebrities who are taking on one of the most challenging adventures on TV, as they…
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Rescuers in Colombia try to dig out 20 miners trapped in a collapsed gold mine
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A collapse at a gold mine in northern Colombia trapped more than 20 miners, and rescuers were working Tuesday to…
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120 land and environmental defenders killed or disappeared in Latin America last year, report finds
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — At least 146 land and environmental defenders were killed or have gone missing around the world in 2024, with more…
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Attack at a police station in Colombia by FARC dissidents kills 1, injures 4
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Dissidents of the now-defunct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia attacked a police station in southwestern…
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They dug for decades for Colombia’s disappeared and now they are a national symbol
MEDELLIN, Colombia (AP) — Luz Elena Galeano intently watches as the earth is sifted for clothing, documents and bone fragments, hoping for…
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Colombia's Constitutional Court upholds bullfighting ban and adds cockfighting prohibition
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's Constitutional Court on Thursday upheld a 2024 law banning bullfights in the South American country,…
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Colombia's ombudswoman says 33 soldiers allegedly kidnapped under orders of a rebel group are freed
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Thirty-three Colombian soldiers allegedly taken by villagers acting under the orders of a rebel group were freed…
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Teen who shot Colombian presidential hopeful sentenced to 7 years at youth detention facility
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A teenager who admitted shooting Colombian senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay during a political…
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Colombia says villagers taking orders from rebel groups kidnapped 34 soldiers
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's government said Tuesday that 34 of its soldiers fighting rebels in the south have been “kidnapped” by…
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Father of slain Colombian candidate Miguel Uribe launches presidential bid
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The father of Miguel Uribe, the Colombian presidential candidate fatally shot at a political rally earlier this…
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Daily life on a remote Amazon island goes on despite diplomatic dispute
Rain or shine, every weekday from March to December, boat owner Salvador Mitidieri ferries students from the shore of the Amazon River in…
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Colombian ex-leader known for contentious war on rebels pays tribute to slain presidential hopeful
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe on Saturday paid tribute to slain presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay…
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Deadly attacks in Colombia cast a shadow on the president's peace-with-guerrillas policy
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's anti-government guerrillas have grown stronger under President Gustavo Petro’s three years in office.…
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Car bomb and helicopter attack in Colombia kill at least 13 people, including police officers
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A car bomb and a separate attack on a police helicopter in Colombia killed at least 13 people on Thursday,…