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Foul-smelling toxic foam spewing from polluted river takes over Colombian city

A motorcyclist rides through pungent foam which formed in a polluted river and invaded the Los Puentes neighbourhood, in Mosquera, west of Bogota, on April 26, 2022. (Photo by JUAN BARRETO/AFP via Getty Images) MOSQUERA, Colombia - Photos from a Columbian city near Bogota show how a foul-smelling, massive layer of toxic foam is plaguing residents as it breaks apart into cloud-like fragments and drifts through the streets. The foam has drifted into yards and businesses in the city of Mosquera, located about 12 miles outside Bogota, the capital.

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Colombia rebel group claims leader 'Jesus Santrich' slain

BOGOTA – A rebel leader who abandoned the 2016 peace accord with Colombia’s government and had been at large for three years was killed by Colombian troops in Venezuela, his new armed moved said Tuesday.

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Ex-rebel capitalizes on Colombia unrest by showing restraint

MIAMI – As the streets of Colombia smolder amid the biggest antigovernment unrest in decades, a former rebel leader who would undo antinarcotics cooperation with the U.S. is looking to capitalize on the growing discontent and ride it to the presidency next year.

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Colombian nightlife workers demand end to virus lockdowns

BOGOTA – Hundreds of nightlife workers protested lockdowns in Colombia’s capital on Monday as the country struggles with a steep rise in coronavirus cases that has led to a new set of economic restrictions and forced many businesses to shut down.

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Gardening helps kidney patients in Colombian hospital

BOGOTA – For the past seven years, Lionel Cifuentes has been coming to Bogota’s El Tunal Hospital three times a week to get treatment for his dysfunctional kidneys. Now he has another reason to visit a place that has become so familiar to him it feels like a second home.

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Pandemic draws more Latin American poor into banking system

BOGOTA – Sonia Fierro has lived her entire adult life selling children’s books on the streets of Colombia’s capital, earning wages that barely cover her living expenses, let alone the monthly fees that come with a bank account.When the pandemic left her short on cash, she qualified for government aid, but she needed an account where the money could be sent.

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"Toothless Cindy" raps on Colombian buses to make ends meet

BOGOTA – With her pink cardigan and thick glasses, “Toothless Cindy” is becoming a musical sensation on Colombian public transport. When the music starts blasting from her portable speaker, the 69-year-old turns into a prolific rapper, whose rhymes crack up commuters on the Transmilenio, Bogota’s crowded and crime-ridden public bus system.

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Judge orders ex-Colombian president freed from house arrest

BOGOTA – Powerful ex-Colombia President Álvaro Uribe was ordered freed from house arrest Saturday while he is investigated for possible witness tampering.A judge ordered Uribe’s release in a case that has divided this South American nation and exposed lingering tensions over Colombia’s peace accord for ending a half-century conflict with leftist guerrillas. The country’s Supreme Court ordered Uribe detained in August during the investigation, shocking Colombians and unleashing protests in favor and against the decision.

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Venezuela's Maduro blasts US in speech to world leaders

BOGOTA – Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro blasted United States sanctions in his address to the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, while avoiding any mention of a report accusing his government of crimes against humanity.

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World leaders who skipped past UN meetings get their moment

BOGOTA – He's not recognized as a head of state by the country he'd be visiting. His diplomatic immunity is granted by the United Nations, not an unfriendly American administration that could decide to pick him up on drug-trafficking charges if he sets foot in the United States.

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César Garcia, AP Colombia reporter, dies after illness at 61

BOGOTA – César García, a veteran reporter for The Associated Press who ventured across Colombia to tell the story of the nation’s armed conflict, has died. He was 61.He suffered a heart attack and after three weeks at a hospital tested positive for the new coronavirus, though what role the virus may have played in his death on Tuesday remains unclear.

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Uproar in Colombia over police custody death leaves 7 dead

BOGOTA – A night of uproar in Colombia’s capital over the death of a man in police custody has left seven people dead, dozens injured and buildings vandalized.The Ministry of Defense said Thursday the wave of violence in Bogota in response to a video showing police holding down a man being tasered left 56 police stations damaged and 8 city buses burned.The mayor’s office reported that 248 civilians were injured.“Colombia demands justice,” Interior Vice Minister Daniel Palacios said. “But the violent acts yesterday also fill us with pain and as a consequence take more lives.”The outrage stems from the death of Javier Ordóñez, whose violent encounter with police was captured by witnesses and went viral on social media.

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Song Joong Ki opens up on currently living a normal lifestyle & striking balance between work and private life

Song Joong-ki had an extremely busy 2020 ahead of him as he not only had a film up for release in the summer, Space Sweepers, but he was also in the midst of shooting for Bogota in Columbia. Then, there was also Season of You and Me, which was a biopic based on the late singer-songwriter, Yoo Jae-ha.

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Maria Teresa Kumar: Meet The Dynamic CEO Of Voto Latino Who’ll Register 500k New Voters

When Maria Teresa Kumar was nine years-old, she became a citizen of the United States along with her mom. The pair had immigrated from Bogota, Columbia, after her mother fell in love with and married an English teacher working there. The new family then moved to Sonoma, California.

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LAMC 2020: Juanes Gets Real, Talks Creating Music During a Pandemic

Juanes was in Colombia, ready to perform for his fans at a sold-out Bogota show when the coronavirus outbreak caused businesses to close, concerts to cancel and airports to stop operating. Since March 13, he’s been hunkered down in Miami with his family, reorganizing and trying to understand the new reality.

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Song Joong Ki steps down from upcoming Korean movie due to THIS reason

Korean actor Song Joong Ki has announced his decision to step down from his upcoming film “Season of You and Me” (literal translation). The actor has a slew of projects in his kitty.

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The Latest: Officials to keep watch as Australia eases rules

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.

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UN: Virus could push 14 million into hunger in Latin America

BOGOTA – The U.N. World Food Program is warning that upward of at least 14 million people could go hungry in Latin America as the coronavirus pandemic rages on, shuttering people in their homes, drying up work and crippling the economy.

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Behind Carlos Vives' Stunning Collabs With Jessie Reyez & Alejandro Sanz on His New 'Cumbiana' Album

Carlos Vives' new album Cumbiana, a search for the indigenous roots of Colombian music, sees him at his finest. It is exuberant, soulful, beautiful and important without ever sounding overbearing, a very difficult balance to achieve.

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Colombia's Avianca faces rocky road after Chapter 11 filing

BOGOTA – Latin American airline giant Avianca is hoping to sail into smoother skies after a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing – but it will take more to keep the region’s second largest carrier afloat.

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Colombian company creates bed that can double as coffin

BOGOTA – A Colombian advertising company is pitching a novel if morbid solution to shortages of hospital beds and coffins during the coronavirus pandemic: combine them.

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Maduro airs video of American detained in Venezuela plot

BOGOTA – Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro touted a video showing a scruffy-looking American divulging details about a failed invasion as proof Wednesday that U.S. authorities backed an alleged attempt to forcibly remove him from power.

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Drug smuggler 'Cocaine Cassie' released from Colombian jail amid coronavirus fears

An Australian smuggler who tried to bring 5.8kg of cocaine to Colombia becaused she “needed the money” has been released from prison over Covid-19 fears.

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Colombia rushes to make cheap ventilators for COVID patients

BOGOTA – Engineers in Colombia have developed a mechanical ventilator for COVID-19 patients that could cost as little as $2,000 — one of numerous crash projects around the world aimed at helping ease a global shortage of the devices.

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Car-free zones could be created so joggers can exercise safely during lockdown

Councils are reportedly drawing up plans to create car-free zones which would allow runners and cyclists to exercise safely during the coronavirus outbreak.

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Hidden suffering of coronavirus: Stigma, blaming, shaming

BOGOTA – No one should have known Bella Lamilla’s name.

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Hidden suffering of coronavirus: Stigma, blaming, shaming

BOGOTA – No one should have known Bella Lamilla’s name.

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A 'Solidarity Menu' for poor Colombians, migrant Venezuelans

Emiliano Moscoso fights back tears.

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Venezuela's only telecoms satellite is lost in space

BOGOTA – Venezuela’s only telecommunications satellite has veered off its orbit and stopped working, creating a logistical headache for the cash=strapped South American nation.

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