Shakira cancels Lima concert after being hospitalised during global tour

found 2025 › Feb › 17 (Mon) @ 07:50 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

The Colombian star went to the emergency room in Peru’s capital on Saturday night, days after launching her first worldwide tour in seven years

Shakira cancelled her concert in the Peruvian capital on…

Trump’s disdain for South American allies is China’s gain

found 2025 › Feb › 12 (Wed) @ 18:18 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

The US is targeting its own allies and its withdrawal from the region has left a power vacuum for China to fill in

While Donald Trump and his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, were engaged in a ve…

The only UK city where the Albanian mafia fear to tread: They've taken over Britain's drugs trade, but as our gang map reveals, Balkan gangsters have been unable to breach one northern underworld stronghold

found 2025 › Feb › 12 (Wed) @ 06:23 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Kingpins from the Balkan state are said to have used direct links to Colombian cartels to secure the best value cocaine.

Pilot issues warning to travellers who fly with a cold

found 2025 › Feb › 10 (Mon) @ 17:47 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Captain Jaimes García (@captainjaimesgarcia), a pilot at Colombian airline Avianca, explains in a video shared on TikTok that cold sufferers are at risk of rupturing their ear drums.

Petro prompts Colombian government chaos with demand for resignations

found 2025 › Feb › 10 (Mon) @ 10:40 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera › Al Jazeera English

Move follows an attack on the cabinet by President Petro live on TV as ministers criticise appointment of aide.

Colombian president calls for cocaine to be legalised worldwide and says it's 'no worse than whisky'

found 2025 › Feb › 06 (Thu) @ 21:17 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Colombia is the world's biggest cocaine producer and exporter, mainly to the United States and Europe, and has spent decades fighting against drug trafficking.

Cocaine is 'no worse than whiskey', says Colombia's president

found 2025 › Feb › 06 (Thu) @ 17:15 UTC

a story from Euronews › Euronews

During a six-hour government meeting that was broadcast live, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said legalised cocaine could be "sold like wine".

From the archive: The false positives scandal: how thousands of innocent Colombians were killed so soldiers could get more holiday – podcast

found 2025 › Feb › 05 (Wed) @ 06:33 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors.

This week, from 2020: When the Colombian army defeated the Far…

The Albanian mafia running Britain's cocaine trade and criminal warlords shedding blood on the streets: Experts warn gangs pose a serious threat to the UK - after young father was abducted and murdered

found 2025 › Feb › 04 (Tue) @ 07:19 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Albanian gangs are believed to dominate the UK's illicit cocaine trade, said to be worth £5bn a year, a position they achieved by negotiating directly with Colombian cartels.

Man's unbelievable plastic surgery makeover that left him looking HALF his age stuns the internet as transformation video goes viral

found 2025 › Feb › 03 (Mon) @ 16:22 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Posted to Instagram by a Colombian aesthetic medic, the before and after clip shows the unnamed patient undergoing what she described as a 'Baby Face Procedure with Facial Masculinisation'.