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El Salvador confirms that Venezuelans deported from U.S. remain under Trump’s jurisdiction
Salvadoran authorities have confirmed that U.S. President Donald Trump’s government maintains full jurisdiction over Venezuelan men who were deported to El Salvador in March. Court documents submitted on Monday by the Venezuelan men’s lawyers contained responses by Salvadoran authorities to questions posed by the U.N. The Trump administration is paying the Salvadoran government, led by […]
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Read More 9 July 2025 | 1:34 pmMan identified as baby kidnapped during Argentina’s dictatorship
Argentine human rights organization Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo has identified a man who was stolen as a baby during the dictatorship. Estela de Carlotto, the 94-year-old leader of the organization who in 2014 found her own missing grandson, revealed the news in a press conference on Monday. She described the 48-year-old man as Argentina’s […]
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Read More 9 July 2025 | 3:33 amManure dumped on far-right congressman’s doorstep amid growing political tension in Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina — Argentina’s political theater has taken a crude turn ahead of the approaching October legislative elections. Last week, more arrests were made in connection with the June 17, 2025 manuring of La Libertad Avanza Congressman José Luis Espert’s home in an upscale neighborhood in Buenos Aires. According to local media, Iván Díaz […]
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Read More 7 July 2025 | 5:00 amMexican boxing star Julio César Chávez Jr. arrested by ICE, linked to Sinaloa Cartel
Mexico City, Mexico — Former middleweight boxing champion Julio César Chávez Jr. was arrested by U.S. authorities in California on charges of drug trafficking and alleged ties to Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel. On Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested the Mexican boxer on July 2 in Studio […]
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Read More 5 July 2025 | 9:53 amColombia decertification fears mount as cocaine reaches new highs
The global cocaine market reached a historic peak in 2023, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s (UNODC) latest World Drug Report, published June 26. The monitoring body reported an estimated 34% rise in worldwide cocaine production from 2022 to 2023, the latest year with available data. Underpinning soaring supply was a […]
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Read More 5 July 2025 | 2:46 amJavier Milei sues Argentine journalists for libel and slander
Buenos Aires, Argentina — Argentina’s President Javier Milei is suing several journalists for libel and slander. Critics have denounced the lawsuit as an attack on free speech. The president’s actions come in response to a number of defamation suits filed by journalists against Milei, accusing him of smear campaigns and promoting fake news on social […]
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Read More 4 July 2025 | 11:48 pm
Wayuu: The Indigenous peoples feeling the brunt of climate change in Colombia
La Guajira, Colombia – Recurrent droughts and extreme weather conditions will continue to endanger Colombia’s northern La Guajira department. Here, existing atmospheric patterns and global warming collide in increased climate variability and extremity, affecting the lives of hundreds of thousands of Indigenous Wayuu peoples. Native to the Guajira Peninsula, which stretches across northern Colombia and […]
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Read More 4 July 2025 | 9:44 pmFormer Colombian minister sought U.S. help in overthrowing President Petro, leaked audios reveal
Medellín, Colombia – Colombia’s former Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva reportedly met with U.S. officials in April seeking “international pressure” to remove his former boss, President Gustavo Petro, according to leaked audio reported by newspaper El País. Audio recordings obtained by the newspaper revealed that Leyva sought meetings with several Republican Party politicians and President Donald […]
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Read More 3 July 2025 | 4:23 amU.S. sentences man to life in prison for sex crimes committed against children in Colombia
Medellín, Colombia – Medellín Mayor Federico Gutiérrez announced on June 27 that the United States had sentenced Stefan Andrés Correa, an Ecuadoran-American from Miami, to life in prison after being found guilty of committing serial sexual crimes in the Colombian city. Correa had been arrested on April 19, 2024, when Miami law enforcement officers prevented […]
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Read More 2 July 2025 | 2:35 amColombian police hunt former hairdresser linked to Miguel Uribe shooting
Bogotá, Colombia — Investigators are combing Colombia for Elder José Arteaga Hernández, alias ‘El Costeño’, a former hair salon owner and an alleged career criminal linked to drug trafficking and hit squads. He’s wanted in connection with the June 7 attempted assassination of Senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay, who remains in serious condition […]
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Read More 1 July 2025 | 11:42 pmAmazon tree fall reveals pre-Columbian Indigenous burial site in Brazil
São Paulo, Brazil – The fall of a tree deep in the heart of the Amazon rainforest has revealed a valuable secret that is now being carefully analyzed by a team of Brazilian researchers and archaeologists. In October 2024, fishermen from the Arumanduba community, located in the Médio Solimões region deep within Brazil’s Amazonas state […]
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Read More 27 June 2025 | 12:04 amColombia becomes eighth country in the world with a feminist foreign policy
Medellín, Colombia – On the eve of the International Day of Women in Diplomacy, Colombian Foreign Minister Laura Sarabia signed a decree confirming Colombia as the eighth country in the world with an explicit feminist foreign policy (Política Exterior Feminista– PEF). “This is another milestone, but the most important thing is that this doesn’t just […]
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Read More 26 June 2025 | 10:43 pm15 Entrepreneurs to watch in Brazil in 2025
Starting a business entails embarking on a journey into the unknown. Regardless of exhaustive planning, desire and goodwill, uncertainty looms. In this, entrepreneurship requires determination and courage, attributes that are often used to describe the men and women who have decided to forge their own path. Brazil is one of such places where these attributes […]
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Read More 26 June 2025 | 9:32 pmColombian Senate approves labor reform, President Petro’s “greatest legacy”
Medellín, Colombia – Colombia’s Senate approved the country’s new labor reform on Tuesday, June 17, accepting the adjustments that President Gustavo Petro demanded in what the Ministry of Interior deemed as the leftist leader’s “greatest legacy.” “This is a triumph for the working class, for women, men and young people who support the country with […]
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