Colombia has increased its cultivation of coca plants – the main ingredient in the illegal drug cocaine – by 43%, a new UN report has said. Last year the area…
Continue ReadingFrom anthropomorphic figurines to 1,500-year-old Indigenous necklaces, Colombia has recently repatriated 274 ancient objects from the United States. #Colombia #US #artefacts 🔔 Subscribe to France 24 now: https://f24.my/YTen 🔴 LIVE…
Continue ReadingColombia and Venezuela reopened cargo transport at a major border crossing on September 27, potentially enabling billions of dollars in trade after years of icy bilateral relations and heavily-restricted economic…
Continue ReadingA number of chefs in Colombia are experimenting with using flour made from coca leafs – the principal ingredient of cocaine – in their dishes, in the hope that it will…
Continue ReadingColombia’s new president, Gustavo Petro, has been sworn into office in front of a crowd of thousands in the country’s capital city of Bogota. Mr Petro won Colombia’s general election…
Continue ReadingThousands of Venezuelans have fled their country in the past month. They are running away from intense armed clashes which involve Venezuela’s army and Colombia’s rebel groups. Refugees say they…
Continue ReadingTriggered by a now-abandoned tax reform plan, the nationwide #demonstrations have drawn thousands of pandemic-weary Colombians to the streets, venting their anger over poverty, yawning inequality and the government’s harsh…
Continue ReadingThe violence between #Hamas and #Israel is the worst since 2014, when Israel launched a military operation on the Gaza Strip with the stated aim of ending rocket fire and…
Continue ReadingLisa Kudrow is one proud mom! On Sunday (May 16), the 57-year-old Friends actress celebrated her son Julian as he graduated from the University of Southern California. Click inside to…
Continue ReadingNicki Minaj is speaking out about the tragic death of her father for the first time. Robert Maraj, 64, was killed in a hit-and-run accident on Feb. 13. RELATED: Nicki…
Continue ReadingA decade after being granted asylum in Sweden, 19-year-old Tousin Chiza is representing his adopted country at the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam next week. Tousin – or Tusse, as…
Continue ReadingIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Israel will "continue to respond forcefully" to rocket attacks from Palestinian militants in Gaza. US President Joe Biden expressed his "grave concern"…
Continue ReadingMatt Hancock said the Indian variant is "relatively widespread" but is still in low numbers in most of the country. The Health Secretary warned that the variant, that originated in…
Continue ReadingHamas militants in Gaza fired a new barrage of rockets into Israel overnight. A series of explosions also struck Gaza City, with the flash of the blasts – and the…
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