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Birthrates in Colombia plunge over 30% in a decade

Colombia’s birthrate has plunged 31% in a decade, with just 453,901 babies born in 2024, according to the country's ...
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Petro Implodes U.S-Colombia Relations With Final UN Speech

Colombian President Gustavo Petro detonated relations with Washington in a blistering UN speech, accusing Donald Trump of ...
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As Maduro Seeks Dialogue with U.S, Petro Faces Sidelines at UN

What has shifted in recent days is not only the U.S. readiness to use lethal force against suspected traffickers, but also the political maneuvering it has triggered in Caracas. On Sunday, Venezuelan ...
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Petro lashes out at Trump after U.S. decertifies Colombia on drug fight

Colombia's Gustavo Petro lashed out at U.S. President Donald Trump after Washington decertified Colombia’s anti-drug efforts, ...
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Colombia’s JEP Sentences Ex-FARC for Mass Kidnappings

Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) tribunal issued its first sanctions against seven former FARC commanders, ...
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U.S. Decertifies Colombia’s Anti-Drug Efforts, Petro on the Defensive

The United States has decertified Colombia’s anti-drug efforts for the first time since 1994, citing record coca crops under ...
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Petro Under Pressure as Venezuela Moves 15,000 Troops Toward Border

Colombia's Petro during the recent Amazonia Summit. Warships heading south through the Caribbean, threats peddled on social media, and the specter of a drug cartel that is testing the patience of the ...