Peru’s coca leaf cultivation reaches record high in 2022 | Drugs News
Peru’s anti-drugs commission says some 95,000 hectares of land (367 square miles) were being used to grow coca leaves in
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Colombia
Colombia awards medals for rescue of children 40 days in jungle | Humanitarian Crises News
Colombian President Gustavo Petro also awarded medal to military rescue dog, Wilson, who went missing during the search for the
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Rescued Colombia children recovering, relatives in custody tussle | News
The Colombian Family Welfare Institute says the four children rescued from the jungle are ‘in high spirits’ as relatives claim
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Colombian gang leaders announce talks to address urban violence | Crime News
In the slopes overlooking downtown Medellin, Colombia’s second-largest city, gun-toting gangs reign over vast stretches of neighbourhoods, overseeing the local
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Four children found in Colombian jungle 40 days after plane crash | News
Colombia’s military found the four children aged 13, 9 , 4, and 12-month-old, who survived a plane crash on May
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‘Defies all logic’: The Colombians living by a ‘toxic’ landfill | Environment News
Bogotá, Colombia – A few years ago, Graciela Rojas realised that her town stinks. Her small rural community of Patio
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Colombia suspends rebel ceasefire after Indigenous teens killed | FARC News
The administration of Colombian President Gustavo Petro has announced it is suspending a ceasefire agreement with a rebel group accused
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Four children reported found in Amazon 17 days after plane crash | News
The children – aged 13, nine, four and 11 months – were reported to have survived plane crash on May
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‘Very difficult’: Challenges abound after summit on Venezuela | Nicolas Maduro News
Bogota, Colombia – The conference on Venezuela’s political crisis, convened this week by Colombian President Gustavo Petro, had an ambitious
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Colombian President Petro reshuffles cabinet in dramatic move | Politics News
Petro hopes the risky cabinet shake-up will reinvigorate efforts to push reforms through Colombia’s legislature. President Gustavo Petro has replaced
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