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Haiti faces ‘hunger emergency’ amid escalating gang violence and surging inflation
Acute hunger is affecting 4.9 million Haitians, according to a UN report, which outlines the increased need for humanitarian aid
Luke Taylor
24, Mar, 2023 @4:17 PM
Cocaine smuggling and production at record high since pandemic retreat
New UN report says there has been a 35% spike in 2020-21 in the production of coca, the drug’s base ingredient
Luke Taylor in Bogotá
16, Mar, 2023 @6:00 AM
Colombia floats new strategy for Escobar’s hippos: ship them abroad
Since the drug lord’s imported hippos escaped after his death in 1993, the government has repeatedly failed to tame the booming population
Luke Taylor in Puerto Nare
14, Mar, 2023 @9:30 AM
‘Warfare is encroaching’: aid groups may have to cut back services in Haiti as violence grows
Médecins Sans Frontières operations threatened by armed incidents and shootouts at its hospitals, but closure would be a ‘catastrophe’ for Haitians
Luke Taylor
03, Mar, 2023 @11:55 AM
Cattle, not coca, drive deforestation of the Amazon in Colombia – report
Past governments blamed the growing of coca – the base component of cocaine – for clearcutting, but a recent study shows otherwise
Luke Taylor in Bogotá
19, Feb, 2023 @10:30 AM
China ‘spy balloon’ wakes up world to new era of war at edge of space
The ‘poor man’s satellite’ offers a relatively cheap way of exploiting a previously inaccessible high-altitude level of the skies
Luke Taylor in Bogotá, Verna Yu , Hugo Lowell and Julian Borger in Washington
10, Feb, 2023 @6:55 PM
Gangs, cholera and political turmoil leave half Haiti’s children relying on aid
Triple threat sees Caribbean country in worst crisis since 2010 earthquake, with young people bearing the brunt, warns Unicef
Luke Taylor
07, Feb, 2023 @6:00 AM
Colombian judge says he used ChatGPT in ruling
Juan Manuel Padilla asked the AI tool how laws applied in case of autistic boy’s medical funding, while also using precedent to support his decision
Luke Taylor in Bogotá
03, Feb, 2023 @2:53 AM
Haitian cops are poorly paid and outgunned – and part of the problem
The country’s police force is in revolt after the government failed to protect them from criminal gangs that have overrun the country
Luke Taylor
02, Feb, 2023 @11:30 AM
Colombia to pay reparations for role in extermination of leftwing party
Inter-American Court of Human Rights concludes state allowed extermination of 6,000 Patriotic Union party members in 1980s
Luke Taylor in Bogotá
01, Feb, 2023 @7:06 PM
Venezuela: fears new bill will put stranglehold on civil society
Legislation would force organisations to provide financial records to government with threat of bans for political or security reasons
Luke Taylor in Bogotá
30, Jan, 2023 @10:30 AM
Colombia announces halt on fossil fuel exploration for a greener economy
The minister for mines, Irene Vélez, told world leaders the country will shift away from fossil fuels to begin a sustainable chapter
Luke Taylor in Bogotá
20, Jan, 2023 @9:06 PM
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