Buenaventura residents criticise state neglect after Colombia’s earthquake
In the port city of Buenaventura, residents say the government's lapses after the deadly earthquake speak to a broader trend of mismanagement.
I am a British freelance journalist based in Bogotá, Colombia. My work has appeared in The Guardian, Financial Times, Al Jazeera, Reuters, NPR, and others. I am also associate editor at Latin America Reports.
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Colombia scrambles to find survivors after deadly earthquake
A day after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake shook western Colombia, rescue teams are frantically fighting through the rubble of collapsed buildings to find survivors and recover bodies.
A quest for closure: In search of the missing after Venezuela’s earthquakes
It has been two weeks since a pair of powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela. And for nearly as long, Adolfo Guerra has kept vigil outside a vast field of rubble in the seaside neighbourhood of Los Corales.
How a son rescued his father from the rubble of Venezuela’s earthquakes
On June 24, two earthquakes ravaged Venezuela, killing thousands. This is the story of one man's fight to free his father from the rubble.
Ivan Cepeda concedes defeat in Colombia election, sealing right-wing win
Colombian presidential candidate Ivan Cepeda officially conceded defeat to hard-right populist Abelardo de la Espriella this morning following a tight run-off race.
‘This is what I was born for’: the drought-ridden Colombian town that took on Coca-Cola Femsa – and won
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Celebration, shock and scepticism follow Colombia’s presidential election
Far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella beat left-wing Senator Ivan Cepeda in the first round, upending expectations.
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As thick smoke spread through the narrow streets of Havana, seeping into homes, schools and shops, Carlos Blanco, a chef, opened his bedroom window to see what was going on. “I saw a mist. But it wasn’t mist – it was smoke,” he says, describing the toxic smog emanating from a smouldering mountain of rubbish.As the US oil blockade on Cuba enters its fourth month, choking off most of the island’s fuel supplies, growing mounds of waste lie on street corners across Havana. Amid fuel scarcity, author...
Colombia reels from explosive attack as death toll climbs to 20
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‘I need to leave’: Cuba’s tourism workers reel from US oil blockade
From taxi drivers to tour guides, the collapse of Cuba’s tourism industry has left thousands struggling to get by.
Blackouts and health fears grip Cuba
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Colombian criminal organizations find new ways to move cocaine as U.S. continues boat strikes
The United States’ aggressive boat bombing campaign targeting suspected drug traffickers in the Western Hemisphere has begun to reshape Colombia’s drug trade and its long-running armed conflict as criminal organizations find new ways to move cocaine.
Colombia braces with alarm after Maduro’s removal in Venezuela by US
Venezuela’s neighbour Colombia could face spillover turmoil from the stunning turn of events both in violence and a mass influx of refugees.
For first time in decades, U.S. says Colombia is falling short in drug war
The United States has decertified Colombia as a drug control partner for the first time since 1997.
In Colombia’s Chocó, neglected ethnic groups fight for a voice in building peace
The killing of more than 80 people and displacement of over 50,000 in a matter of weeks in the Catatumbo region earlier this year drew renewed but belated attention to the escalation of Colombia’s decades-long armed conflict.
‘Never touched a gun’: Colombia fighters step up child soldier recruitment
As Colombia’s conflicts continue to escalate, criminal organisations increasingly rely on underage soldiers to bolster their ranks.The last time Marta saw her 14-year-old son was three months ago – he was wearing rebel army fatigues and holding a rifle as he marched down the street with the other child soldiers.She ran to the commanding officer and begged him to release her boy, who had been abducted nine months earlier in the middle of the night from their home in eastern Colombia at age 13. Th...
Colombian Presidential hopeful shot at Bogotá rally
BOGOTA, Colombia —Colombian senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay, 39, was shot in the head at a Bogotá campaign event Saturday, in an attack that sent shockwaves through the country. The politician's condition remains unclear after being shot by a 15-year-old sicario, or paid hitman, while delivering a speech to a small group of supporters in a park in the west of the capital. Videos posted on social media show the politician bleeding beside a car before being rushed to a nea...
U.S. Aid Cuts Impact Landmine Programs In Colombia, Posing 'Imminent Risk' To Civilians
As much as 50% of humanitarian demining projects have been suspended in Colombia due to the Trump administration's funding freeze in January, NGO and government officials said.
USAID suspension shutters Colombia programs, endangering FARC peace deal
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