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Trump's "black list" in Latin America?

A general prosecutor who was investigating high-profile narcos in Bolivia, a left-wing senator who claims to have been listed in Colombia and a judge who failed in favour of a China company at a strategic point in Peru; all targets of the U.S. State Department and the Allied governments of the Trump administration under the agreement of the Shield of the Americas.

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Tejo World 2026: India takes the win and leaves host Colombia without the title

India reimposed itself in the Tejo World Cup and once again frustrated Colombia's dream of conquering the title at home. The fourth edition of the tournament, held in Bogotá with the participation of 18 countries from America, Europe and Asia, confirmed the international growth of this traditional Colombian sport. India arrived as a champion and succeeded in revalidating its crown, while the host delegation was again left without the first place.

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Why is Shakira still here?

The Colombian artist turns the crossing between languages, cultures and generations into a formula of her own to stay at the center of the global conversation

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Direct Latin and alarms for the possible return of extrajudicial executions in Colombia

The death of Ricardo Andrés Martínez reopened a wound that Colombia could not forget. The 18-year-old was killed during an anti-narcotics police operation and was presented by the authorities and announced by President Abelardo de la Espriella as the son of a head, but his family went out to deny the official version, ensuring that he had no connection with criminal groups, and demanded justice from the Government. Expand the information our journalist Eel María Angulo.

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Direct to... Washington D.C. and the withdrawal of visas to politicians from Latin America

The Donald Trump Government announced the revocation and restriction of visas to politicians, judges, prosecutors and entrepreneurs from several Latin American countries, including Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. A measure that, according to the Administration, goes hand in hand with the agreements of the Shield of the Americas. From Washington, our correspondent Cristóbal Vásquez tells us more details.

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Report from Guayaquil: Colombia captures the wife and daughter of alias' Fito '

The Colombian authorities captured the wife and daughter of José Adolfo Macías Villar, alias' Fito ', a former leader of the Ecuadorian criminal organization' Los Choneros'. The detainees were required by the Ecuadorian justice system for alleged asset laundering, they left Ecuador to Colombia by land, first to Bogotá and then in the Santander department. From Guayaquil, our correspondent Carolina Mella tells us more.

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A shot of grace?: the death of a young peasant reopens the wounds of false positives in Colombia

A joint operation of the Colombian Anti-Narcotics Police and Air Force in the rural area of the Caribbean city of Santa Marta ended with seven deaths. One of them was Ricardo Andrés Martínez Rodríguez, who was initially introduced as the son of Fredy Castillo Carrillo, alias' Pinocchio ', leader of Self-Defense Conquistadores de la Sierra Nevada (ACSN). The reality is that he was a humble, displaced laborer. Today his father claims that he was killed with a shot of grace and his mother calls for justice.

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What position does Latin America hold in the IA career?

While the superpowers take steps with artificial intelligence, Latin America and the Caribbean is looking for a position in this race that some leaders have renamed as "stampede." In Brazil, Mexico, Argentina or Colombia, the use of IA tools is becoming more and more common for daily activities but sponsored by large parent houses that saw chatbots such as Gemini or ChatGPT born. When will the Latin American region start running this race? Is it too late to run?

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Direct Latin and armed arrest and violence in Santa Marta, Colombia's tourist point

The tourist city of Santa Marta, in Colombia, has been the victim of an armed arrest of the Conquistadora Autodefensas de la Sierra Nevada following the death of José Luis Perez Villanueva, alias "el Cholo," considered second head of the organization. The Government also attributed an attack on a cargo train in Guajira, in the north of the country. He reports to her.

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Colombia: The tourist Santa Marta is militarized in the face of a drug paramilitary group

Closed commercials, suspended classes and empty streets marked the day of this Wednesday September 23 in the tourist city of Santa Marta, in the Colombian Caribbean. The Government of Abelardo de la Espriella deployed more than 1,100 police and military personnel following the threat declared by the Sierra Nevada drug paramilitary group Self-Defense Conquistadora.