US Threatens Colombia With Aid Cut For Not Aligning With Its Interests

Support SouthFront Click to see the full-size image Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher The United States Congress is debating a 50% cut in economic aid to Colombia for various social programs. This will affect …

Meta AI Tools Fuel Cheating, Drop Exam Scores in Rural Colombia

In the remote villages of rural Colombia, where internet access is spotty and smartphones are a luxury, Meta Platforms Inc. has inadvertently disrupted education by embedding artificial intelligence tools into its popular apps. Teachers in these isolated …

Clarkston woman set to serve Peace Corps mission in Colombia

CLARKSTON, Wash. — Natalie Elskamp, a Clarkston resident and graduate of Pacific Lutheran University, is preparing to embark on a Peace Corps mission to Colombia. Elskamp will support teachers and students in Colombian public schools during her two-year …

‘Get up or I’ll get you up’: Man slaps woman in violent airport outburst, Colombia

Travellers at a Colombian airport were left stunned after a man allegedly struck a woman across the face with his phone in a shocking outburst over a vacant seat. The incident, which unfolded at Bogotá’s El Dorado International Airport on Sunday, was …

Colombia deforestation surges 43%, Amazon region worst hit

Colombia's government said on Thursday that deforestation in the South American country increased as much as 43% in 2024 compared to the year before. The Amazon rainforest region in the country was the worst hit. Overall, some 113,608 hectares (about …

Colombia is producing more cocaine than ever – and more is reaching Australian shores

Imagine an area larger than the Australian Capital Territory, nearly twice the size of London and four times that of New York City covered in coca plantations. That’s the scale of Colombia’s coca cultivation, according to an estimate from the United …

Álvaro Uribe, a former president of Colombia, is convicted

It took Judge Sandra Heredia over ten hours on July 28th to read her judgment in the case against Álvaro Uribe, Colombia’s president from 2002 to 2010. Her verdict, when it came, was that he was guilty of arranging the bribing of witnesses and of …

Amazon deforestation surges in Colombia, reversing historic gains

New Study Finds Deforestation Rates Up to 55% Lower on Recognized Afro-Descendant Lands in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — A groundbreaking study published in Nature Communications Earth and Environment has unveiled the profound contribution of Afro-descendant communities in the Amazon basin to biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation. This …

Colombia reports 43% spike in deforestation fuelled by climate change, Amazon worst hit

Deforestation in Colombia surged by 43% in the first half of 2024, reversing the previous year’s gains in protecting forest land, according to new figures released by the country’s environment ministry on Thursday. A total of 113,608 hectares (1,136 square …