Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says ready to defend ‘sovereignty’ as US military deploys warships near country’s territorial waters. Published On 29 Aug 202529 Aug 2025 Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said there was “no way” United States troops could invade his country as tension rises with Washington and a US naval force builds up in the…
By Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA (Reuters) -Scientists in Colombia have discovered a previously unknown lineage of human beings after fully sequencing the DNA of ancient remains excavated at archeological sites near the country’s capital Bogota. The group, called the Checua after the area in Nemocon municipality where their remains were excavated in 1992, are about…
As US destroyers closed in on Venezuela’s coast on Thursday, China condemned Washington’s military build-up and warned against foreign interference, backing Nicolas Maduro in a showdown that is drawing in powers far beyond the Caribbean. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said that China opposed “any move that violates the purposes and principles of the UN…
The 2025 edition of “Colombiamoda,” Colombia’s most important fashion fair, ended with more than 60,000 visitors from 50 countries. Credit: Darvin Salamanca / Colombia One. (File photo)- The 36th edition of Colombiamoda, Colombia’s most important fashion fair, closed this 2025 with outstanding figures: more than 60,000 visitors from 50 countries, solidifying Medellín’s role as the…
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Rescue teams found a body inside a section of a Chilean copper mine that collapsed two days earlier during a moderate earthquake, the mine’s director said Saturday. Rescuers have been trying to reach five miners who were trapped Thursday evening in the El Teniente mine in central Chile as rocks collapsed…
Flickr/Creative Commons Starting October 1, Colombians and other foreign nationals seeking to visit the United States will face significantly higher visa fees, following the approval of new immigration measures contained in the “One Big Beautiful Bill” pushed by U.S. President Donald Trump and passed by Congress. Under the new rules, applicants for B-1 (business) and…
MIAMI (AP) — A drug informant who helped the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration build some of its biggest cases has been arrested and charged with scheming to extort major cocaine traffickers facing extradition from Colombia and the Dominican Republic. Jorge Hernández, 57, was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday with one count of conspiring…
Bogota has seen a 20-fold surge in the number of Chinese tourists, highlighting a growing connection between countries fuelled by expanding commercial relationships, the Colombian capital’s tourism chief has said at a Hong Kong industry summit. Speaking to the Post on the sidelines of the Fragrant Hills Tourism Summit in the city earlier this week,…
South Carolina is set to execute another death row inmate by firing squad, a little more than a month after a convicted murderer was executed the same way. The March 7 execution of Brad Sigmon marked the first execution by firing squad since 2010. Before Sigmon, only three people i the U.S. had been executed…
Twenty-eight police officers and one soldier held hostage in southwest Colombia were released Saturday, according to an AFP team on the ground. Security forces taken hostage by Colombian guerillas released: AFP Around noon on Saturday, residents of the community of La Hacienda in the department of Cauca told the detainees that they were free to…