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A herd of brown cows gather under trees at the El Hatico farm near Cali, Colombia. Researchers think that this type of silvopasture could reduce deforestation in Latin America.

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  • Climate

This Colombian 'hotel for cows' could help reduce deforestation in the Amazon

Clearing land for cattle and cows is the single biggest driver of rainforest loss in the Amazon. This "hotel for cows" in Colombia offers a solution.

March 03, 2025
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  • Julia Simon
A worker picks roses at a flower farm in Chia, Cundinamarca department, Colombia, on Jan. 29.

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  • Environment

The truth behind your Valentine's Day flowers

The beauty of bouquets comes with a cost to the cloud forests of Colombia, the largest exporter of flowers and foliage to the United States.

February 14, 2025
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  • Ruth Sherlock
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro arrives at the opening ceremony of COP16, a United Nations' biodiversity conference, in Cali, Colombia, Oct. 20, 2024.

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  • Politics

White House says Colombia agrees to take deported migrants after Trump tariff threat

The White House claimed victory in a showdown with Colombia over accepting flights of deported migrants from the U.S. on Sunday, hours after President Donald Trump threatened various sanctions.

January 27, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
People displaced by violence in towns across the Catatumbo region, where rebels of the National Liberation Army, or ELN, have been clashing with former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, arrive for shelter at a soccer stadium in Cúcuta, Colombia, on Sunday.

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  • Latin America

At least 80 people killed in northeast Colombia as peace talks fail, official says

Officials said the attacks happened in the Catatumbo region near the border with Venezuela, following the government's failed attempts to hold peace talks with the National Liberation Army.

January 20, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
This undated file photo shows Fabio Ochoa Vasquez.

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  • National

Legendary Medellin cartel drug lord released from U.S. prison after serving 25 years

One of Colombia's legendary drug lords has been released from prison and is expected to be deported. Ochoa was first indicted in the U.S. for his alleged role in the 1986 killing of a DEA informant.

December 05, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
More than a million species are at risk of extinction in the coming decades because of human actions. This week, world leaders are meeting in Colombia to discuss how to preserve biodiversity and prevent habitat loss.

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  • Science

To save nature, world leaders aim to turn words into action at biodiversity summit

The United Nations effort to achieve “harmony” with the natural world kicks off in Colombia this week. Recent reports show there's a lot of work to do to achieve that goal.

October 23, 2024
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  • Nathan Rott
In 2002, Ryan Wedding competed in the men's parallel giant slalom snowboarding event for Canada at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. He's now being pursued by federal agents under a U.S. operation dubbed Giant Slalom.

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  • National

Former Canadian Olympian is accused of being a fugitive drug lord

Ryan Wedding was once an Olympic snowboarder. But now he faces federal charges of operating a sprawling cocaine trafficking ring — and ordering several murders.

October 18, 2024
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  • Bill Chappell
Camilo Garcia peeks through a curtain of his house on the morning of March 9, in the town of Juntas, Buenaventura, Colombia. The community gathers during Holy Week to celebrate the Manacillos festival, an ancestral ritual originating in the upper part of the Yurumangui River. <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2024/10/13/g-s1-15007/how-one-afro-colombian-community-honors-their-ancestry"target="_blank"   >Click here for the full story. </a>

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  • Latin America

How one Afro-Colombian community honors their ancestry

In the town of Juntas, in the city of Buenaventura, Colombia, the community gathers for Holy Week every year to celebrate the Manacillos festival, an ancestral ritual originating in the upper part of the Yurumangui River.

October 13, 2024
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  • Nathalia Angarita and
  • Marina Sardiña
Colombia's Ángel Barajas jumped over fences as a kid, was spotted and sent to gymnastics club — and has now won Colombia's first medal in the sport. Here he is during the Men's Horizontal Bar Final at the Paris Olympics.

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  • Global Health

Colombia goes gaga over gymnast Ángel Barajas: From fence jumper to Olympic medalist

Ángel Barajas showed off acrobatic skills as a kid (making the neighbors nervous). This week he became the first Colombian to win an Olympic gymnastics medal for his soaring horizontal bar routine.

August 06, 2024
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  • Christina Noriega
At a one-day workshop run by the Care School for Men in Bogotá, Colombia, male medical students at Sanitas University learn how to cradle a baby. This class of participants consists of medical students, but the usual enrollees are dads of all types.

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  • Family

Wanna be a good dad? A 'School for Men' teaches diapering, ponytail making

An innovative program in Colombia gives men a chance to master the skills needed to be a hands-on dad — and become closer to their kids along the way.

June 16, 2024
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  • Christina Noriega and
  • Ben de la Cruz
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro speaks during a press conference flanked by Colombia's Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez, left, and Colombia's Armed Forces Commander, Gen. Helder Giraldo, at the Narino Presidential Palace in Bogota, Colombia, on Tuesday.

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  • Latin America

Colombia's president says ammunition has gone missing from 2 army bases

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Tuesday that hundreds of thousands of pieces of ammunition have gone missing from two military bases in the South American country.

May 02, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Colombian President Gustavo Petro (center right) attends an International Workers' Day rally in Bogotá, Colombia, on Wednesday.

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  • World

Colombia will break relations with Israel over its actions in Gaza, Petro says

President Gustavo Petro announced his country will break diplomatic ties with Israel Thursday over its actions in Gaza. "If Palestine dies, humanity dies, and we are not going to let it die," he said.

May 01, 2024
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  • Alex Leff
An aerial view of Colombia's Regadera Reservoir in Usme, near Bogotá, April 16. Colombia's capital of Bogotá imposed water rations due to a severe drought aggravated by the El Niño.

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  • Latin America

El Niño weather is leading to droughts and power cuts in South America

A drought has upended life in several South American cities, leading to water rationing and power cuts as well as forest fires.

May 01, 2024
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  • Manuel Rueda
A donkey's owner makes last-minute adjustments ahead of the costume competition at the annual Donkey Festival in San Antero.

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  • World

Donkeys take center stage at an annual festival in Colombia

Every year, the town of San Antero celebrates the hardworking pack animals that haul crops and supplies for farmers who can't afford trucks or motorcycles. There's even a donkey beauty pageant.

April 30, 2024
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  • John Otis
People take part in a rally in support of Colombian President Gustavo Petro in Medellín, Colombia, on Feb. 8.

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  • Latin America

It's not easy being Colombia's 1st left-wing president

Gustavo Petro faces fierce opposition from what he views as Colombia's deeply conservative deep state.

March 11, 2024
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  • John Otis
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