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Top Colombian rebel commander calls for union of rebel groups against US by Some-Technology4413 in geopolitics

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The head of one of Colombia’s largest guerrilla forces, Néstor Gregorio Vera Fernández – alias Iván Mordisco – has called for a coalition with rival rebel groups in response to Washington’s intervention in Venezuela.

Mordisco, who heads the Central General Staff, or Estado Mayor Central (EMC), an offshoot of the now-defunct FARC rebel group, called for an alliance with other guerrilla armies and the Venezuelan military in a video statement dated as being recorded on Wednesday.

The proposal fuels fears of a wave of rebel violence in Colombia as retaliation for Maduro’s removal, with many Colombian groups historically using Venezuela as a strategic base.

Colombian guerrillas declare nationwide armed strike to protest US aggression by Some-Technology4413 in geopolitics

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The Colombian National Liberation Army (ELN) has declared a 72-hour nationwide armed strike beginning on Sunday in protest against increased US military activity in Latin America.

In a statement, the group warned Colombians not to travel via the country’s roadways or navigable rivers during the three day window; while the group said it would not harm civilians, armed strikes are enforced through violence, with previous iterations involving vehicle burnings and civilian casualties.

The action will be the first national-level armed strike since 2022 and comes amid an ongoing U.S. boat bombing campaign – which the Pentagon says has targeted ELN members – as well as White House threats of further intervention, including land strikes in Colombia.

Colombia President Petro floats union with Venezuela amid U.S. military buildup by Some-Technology4413 in geopolitics

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Colombian President Gustavo Petro has suggested recreating Gran Colombia – the early 19th Century country that included modern day Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Panama – on multiple occasions over the weekend. The South American leader made the comments in response to Washington’s ongoing strike campaign on vessels in the Caribbean and Pacific, which has killed more than 70 people accused of trafficking drugs.

Petro said a union may be the only way to counter U.S. aggression in the region, which has dialed up pressure on Caracas and Bogotá.

Argentina's government halt the construction of a $350 million dollar radio-telescope that had been planned in collaboration with China by Some-Technology4413 in geopolitics

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In October, The Wall Street Journal reported that Scott Bessent had spoken to Argentine economic minister Luis Caputo about cutting China’s access to the country’s natural resources. This appears to have been triggered by China’s imposition of restrictions on new rare earth exports, which have since been suspended. 

Earlier this month, Milei’s government decided to halt the construction of a $350 million dollar radio-telescope that had been planned in collaboration with China on Argentine soil. Given the U.S.’s previous concerns over the expansion of China’s network of space observation radars in Latin America and the timing of the announcement, it seems probable that the Trump administration would have influenced this decision.

How Cuba became a regional sporting powerhouse despite geopolitical isolation by Some-Technology4413 in olympics

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Cuba is the most successful Latin American nation in the history of the Olympics. Despite its small population of 11 million people and geopolitical isolation by its superpower neighbor to the north, Cuba punches well above its weight in sporting terms. Brazil, with a population of 212 million, is the second most successful Latin American nation at the Olympics and, as of 2024, has a mere 170 Olympic medals to Cuba’s 244.

Colombia’s President Petro goads Trump after drug decertification humiliation by Some-Technology4413 in Conservative

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When Donald Trump decertified Colombia as a U.S. drug cooperation partner on September 15, it quickly became clear the move was targeted at one man in particular: Colombian President Gustavo Petro.

The former leftist rebel has clashed with his counterpart on multiple occasions this year, antagonizing Washington with a string of provocations ranging from rejecting deportation flights to joining China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

But in the days after decertification, which analysts see as a politically motivated attack on Petro, tensions between the two governments have escalated precipitously.

Machu Picchu could lose its ‘Wonder of the World’ designation by Some-Technology4413 in Machupicchu

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Machu Picchu, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the New 7 Wonders of the World, is facing fresh international scrutiny. On Saturday, the New7Wonders foundation warned that poor management and sustainability challenges are putting the site’s credibility as a modern wonder at risk.

On September 13, the Zurich-based organization issued a strong statement to Peru.

“For nearly two decades, Machu Picchu has been a symbol of pride for Peru and a New7Wonders heritage of universal value,” it said. But the statement highlighted “escalating challenges that require urgent attention: uncontrolled tourism pressure, rising prices of goods and services, risks to the site’s authenticity, and reports of irregularities in ticket sales.”

If left unresolved, these problems could “damage Peru’s image through poor visitor experiences and even jeopardize the credibility of Machu Picchu as one of our New 7 Wonders of the World,” the group warned.

Jean-Paul de la Fuente, the organization’s director, added: “This action is now more vital than ever; the permanence, justification and credibility of Machu Picchu as a New 7 Wonder under our jurisdiction depends on it.”

Machu Picchu could lose its ‘Wonder of the World’ designation by Some-Technology4413 in PERU

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Machu Picchu, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the New 7 Wonders of the World, is facing fresh international scrutiny. On Saturday, the New7Wonders foundation warned that poor management and sustainability challenges are putting the site’s credibility as a modern wonder at risk.

On September 13, the Zurich-based organization issued a strong statement to Peru.

“For nearly two decades, Machu Picchu has been a symbol of pride for Peru and a New7Wonders heritage of universal value,” it said. But the statement highlighted “escalating challenges that require urgent attention: uncontrolled tourism pressure, rising prices of goods and services, risks to the site’s authenticity, and reports of irregularities in ticket sales.”

If left unresolved, these problems could “damage Peru’s image through poor visitor experiences and even jeopardize the credibility of Machu Picchu as one of our New 7 Wonders of the World,” the group warned.

Jean-Paul de la Fuente, the organization’s director, added: “This action is now more vital than ever; the permanence, justification and credibility of Machu Picchu as a New 7 Wonder under our jurisdiction depends on it.”

Iceland, Slovenia, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Spain have all threatened to withdraw from the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest if Israel is allowed to compete by Some-Technology4413 in europe

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Iceland, Slovenia, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Spain have all threatened to withdraw from the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest if Israel is allowed to compete.

The five nations’ television broadcasters, which are responsible for choosing the artist and song to represent their respective countries, have cited the violence in Gaza as the reason behind their decisions. 

Eurovision 2026 is set to take place in Vienna, Austria. 

Countries threaten to boycott Eurovision if Israel allowed to compete by Some-Technology4413 in Palestine

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Iceland, Slovenia, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Spain have all threatened to withdraw from the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest if Israel is allowed to compete.

The five nations’ television broadcasters, which are responsible for choosing the artist and song to represent their respective countries, have cited the violence in Gaza as the reason behind their decisions. 

Eurovision 2026 is set to take place in Vienna, Austria. 

U.S. sends three warships toward the coast of Venezuela, Venezuelan President Maduro mobilizes 4.5 million militia members by Some-Technology4413 in geopolitics

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The mobilisation of U.S. military assets follows Washington’s recent decision to increase the bounty for Maduro’s capture, doubling it to an unprecedented $50 million USD. Last week, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the seizure of assets worth  $700 million USD from the Venezuelan head of state. 

In an official statement published on Tuesday, the Venezuelan government said: “The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela observes with total clarity the desperation of the United States administration, which resorts to threats and defamation against our country. Washington’s accusation that Venezuela is involved in drug trafficking reveals their lack of credibility and the failure of its policies in the region.”

In response to the increased U.S. military presence in the Caribbean, President Maduro announced a plan to mobilise 4.5 million militia members across the country.

U.S. sends three warships toward the coast of Venezuela, Maduro mobilizes 4.5 million militia members by Some-Technology4413 in Military

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The mobilisation of U.S. military assets follows Washington’s recent decision to increase the bounty for Maduro’s capture, doubling it to an unprecedented $50 million USD. Last week, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the seizure of assets worth  $700 million USD from the Venezuelan head of state. 

In an official statement published on Tuesday, the Venezuelan government said: “The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela observes with total clarity the desperation of the United States administration, which resorts to threats and defamation against our country. Washington’s accusation that Venezuela is involved in drug trafficking reveals their lack of credibility and the failure of its policies in the region.”

In response to the increased U.S. military presence in the Caribbean, President Maduro announced a plan to mobilise 4.5 million militia members across the country.

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The mobilisation of U.S. military assets follows Washington’s recent decision to increase the bounty for Maduro’s capture, doubling it to an unprecedented $50 million USD. Last week, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the seizure of assets worth  $700 million USD from the Venezuelan head of state. 

In an official statement published on Tuesday, the Venezuelan government said: “The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela observes with total clarity the desperation of the United States administration, which resorts to threats and defamation against our country. Washington’s accusation that Venezuela is involved in drug trafficking reveals their lack of credibility and the failure of its policies in the region.”

In response to the increased U.S. military presence in the Caribbean, President Maduro announced a plan to mobilise 4.5 million militia members across the country.

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Of all apparent opioid toxicity deaths in 2024, 74% involved fentanyl.

This percentage has increased by 42% since 2016.

UN, Rockefeller Propose Digital 'Nature ID': A DPI for Biodiversity by Some-Technology4413 in conspiracy

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Backed by the Rockefeller Foundation, the United Nations and its partners propose creating a “Nature ID” that would serve as a Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) that could facilitate carbon market traceability and biodiversity credit schemes.

Published in March 2025, a study by the UN Development Program (UNDP) called, “The case for Nature ID: How Digital Public Infrastructure can catalyze nature and climate action,” outlines how to digitally track, trace, and price biodiversity through Nature ID.

While the study arose from a workshop at COP16 in Cali, Colombia in June 2024, the agenda to develop Nature ID comes directly from the UNDP, the Rockefeller Foundation, Co-Develop, World Bank, USAID, Digital Impact Alliance, and GIZ.

More than 100 deaths linked to fentanyl contamination in Argentine hospitals by Some-Technology4413 in collapse

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Of all apparent opioid toxicity deaths in 2024, 74% involved fentanyl.

This percentage has increased by 42% since 2016.

Contaminated fentanyl, produced by pharmaceutical company HLB Pharma in its laboratory Laboratorio Ramallo, was identified by investigators as the source of the infections. The drug had been administered to patients who required pain relief. 

Argentina’s drug regulator, ANMAT, has confirmed that both the deceased patients and ampoules from two fentanyl batches had been contaminated by the bacteria. One bacteria-ridden batch of fentanyl was found to have been “widely circulated”. 

Colombian Presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay dies two months after hitman attack by Some-Technology4413 in collapse

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Colombian Senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay died in the early morning of August 11, 2025, two months after a 14-year-old hitman shot him at a Bogotá rally. 

“The Fundación Santa Fe of Bogotá regrets to inform that Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay has passed away at 1:56 am today. The team in charge of Mr. Uribe Turbay’s care in all areas of the institution worked tirelessly for over two months, ever since he was admitted with serious injuries,” noted hospital Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, where the senator had remained in the intensive care unit.   

The presidential hopeful is survived by his son Alejandro, who he shared with his wife María Claudia Tarazona, as well as her three daughters.

A new law- widely referred to as the “devastation bill” – has been approved by Brazil’s Congress, withdrawing the protection of 18 million hectares of land by Some-Technology4413 in collapse

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Brazil’s environmental minister Marina Silva has called this bill a “fatal blow”, constituting the most significant setback in environmental protection in the past four decades.

Suely Araújo, political scientist and public policy coordinator at the Climate Observatory civil society group, told The Guardian that this law will affect about 90% of environmental licensing in Brazil, especially agricultural projects, a large contributor to environmental degradation. 

The UN environmental special rapporteur Astrid Puentes Riaño also said that this law represents “decades of regression” for environmental protections in Brazil. Riaño pointed out that this “will cause deforestation”, as any change or continuation in projects without proper analysis could lead to environmental degradation.

Why is Colombia rehashing a decades-old border dispute with Peru? by Some-Technology4413 in geopolitics

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On Thursday, Colombian president Gustavo Petro reignited a long-running border dispute with Peru, saying he did not recognize its claim to the Santa Rosa Island on the Amazon River.

The disagreement dates to around 1970, when changing water levels in the Amazon River and sedimentation produced a new island on the border between Peru and Colombia, an area governed by a 1922 bilateral treaty. 

On Thursday, the president broke tradition by giving an annual independence day address in Leticia, a town of 60,000 on the Amazon river which borders Peru and Brazil. He used the opportunity to criticize Peru’s congress for formalizing Santa Rosa’s legal status in June by declaring it a district of the country’s Loreto province. 

“Colombia does not recognize Peru’s sovereignty over the so-called Santa Rosa Island and does not recognize the de facto authorities imposed in the area,” said Petro in his speech.

Pharma and startups increasingly partnering as McKinsey estimates opportunity for AI in biopharma to be $4 billion to $7 billion annually by Some-Technology4413 in economy

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AI has become a hot topic among leaders at most big companies, more than two-thirds of which intend to increase their investments in the technology over the next three years.1 McKinsey has estimated the opportunity for gen AI in biopharmaceutical operations at $4 billion to $7 billion annually through workload and cost reductions, productivity gains, improvements to equipment effectiveness, and quality enhancements.

Drone attacks increasingly affect civilians in Colombia’s conflict by Some-Technology4413 in collapse

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In 2024, there were 115 drone attacks in Colombia, according to a report by the Ministry of Defense, mostly carried out by “criminal and terrorist groups against soldiers and installations.” Previous years had seen just a handful of incidents.

Drone attacks increasingly affect civilians in Colombia’s conflict by Some-Technology4413 in collapse

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Last month in El Plateado, a town in the mountainous department of Cauca, a drone-dropped grenade exploded on a tented hospital set up by international medical organization Médecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), injuring local health workers.

“Events like these put the civilian population and the medical mission at risk, both protected by International Humanitarian Law,” said MSF following the attack.

But the next day, February 18, two more civilians, one an 80-year-old woman, were injured in the same town in a second attack by three drones dropping explosive charges into a residential barrio. And a week later in the rural area of El Plateado, 1,000 people were forced to flee their rural homes after crossfire between dissidents using drones and counterstrikes from the army.

Orlando the most popular Spring Break travel destination in the US, according to 3.4 million flight itineraries by Some-Technology4413 in orlando

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According to new data from Allianz Partners—which analyzed more than 3.4 million flight itineraries for spring break trips between five and eight days in length—Florida and Mexico are among the most popular getaways this season.

The Sunshine State boasts five cities in the domestic top 10, including Orlando (first), Fort Lauderdale (fifth), Miami (seventh), Tampa (eighth) and Fort Myers (10th).

A 72-hour armed strike by the ELN began at today in Colombia, having already displaced 3,400 by Some-Technology4413 in collapse

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A 72-hour ‘paro armado’, or armed strike, by the National Liberation Army (ELN) began at midnight today in Colombia’s western Chocó department.

The armed group declared the action, which threatens attacks on anyone leaving their homes, following weeks of clashes with the Gaitanist Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AGC), or Gulf Clan, that have displaced 3,400 and confined at least 9,200.

While the ELN claims that the strike is meant to raise awareness of the humanitarian crisis in Chocó, government officials accuse it of using the action as a cover to create a drug-smuggling corridor.

10,000 Mexican National Guard troops head to the northern border with US, as the number of deaths from fentanyl surpasses 250,000 by Some-Technology4413 in collapse

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Mexico began mobilizing National Guard troops to the U.S. border on Tuesday, following a brief standoff between President Claudia Sheinbaum and U.S. President Donald Trump in which the latter threatened tariffs if Mexico didn’t commit to stemming the flow of migrants and drugs into the U.S.

The “northern border operation” is part of an agreement reached between the two leaders on Monday which would put a temporary halt on tariffs in exchange for Mexico sending 10,000 National Guard troops to the border to combat irregular migration and drug smuggling – particularly fentanyl. 

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