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Colombia Captures Top Italian Mafia Boss for Latin America in Bogotá Raid
The City Paper Bogotá
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July 15, 2025
Colombian authorities have arrested Giuseppe Palermo, alias “Peppe,” the alleged top leader of Italy’s ‘Ndrangheta mafia in Latin America, dealing a significant blow to one of the world’s most powerful criminal organizations, police officials...
Colombia’s Burgeoning Animation Scene Finds Its Voice With Afro-Colombian Tales, Eco-Activism and Myth at BAM
Variety
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July 15, 2025
Colombian animation is hitting a fresh stride, driven by a mix of social storytelling, ancestral mythologies and new talent, plus determined governmental support.. That energy is on show at the Bogotá Audiovisual Market (BAM) in its Animation...
Bogota Audiovisual Market’s Grounded, Socially Charged and Cliché-Busting Projects Explore the Trauma of War, Stereotyping, Maternity Stress and Class Gulfs
Variety
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July 15, 2025
“Not My Name,” the latest from Colombian powerhouse Dago García Producciones, and “High Tide” and “Name and Surname,” both from Evidencia Films, a driving force behind a new generation of Colombian filmmaking, feature among the wide-ranging lineup...
10 Colombian Directors to Watch
Variety
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July 15, 2025
Narrowing Variety’s choice down to 10 was no small feat, given the surge of talent emerging from Colombia. Each year, more of its filmmakers win recognition at top-tier festivals, most recently Simon Mesa Soto’s dramedy “A Poet” which took home a...
D&E President’s, Dean’s Lists released
The Inter-Mountain - West Virginia
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July 15, 2025
Submitted photo Davis & Elkins College has released the president’s and dean’s list for the Spring 2025 semester. ELKINS — Davis & Elkins College has released the president’s and dean’s list for the Spring 2025 semester. The president’s list...
Colombian entrepreneur found guilty of conspiracy to distribute cartel cocaine
Sunshine Sentinel - Florida
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July 14, 2025
Hayden O’Byrne United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida | The Florida BarHayden O’Byrne United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida | The Florida Bar A Colombian entrepreneur, Neder Valencia Julio, has been...
Young Indigenous leaders in Colombia’s violent Cauca gather to resist violence and elect new voices
North Shore News
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July 15, 2025
LAS DELICIAS, Colombia (AP) — Adriana Pazu wiped away tears as she remembered a colleague who was shot dead earlier this year by an armed dissident group for defending their land. LAS DELICIAS, Colombia (AP) — Adriana Pazu wiped away tears as she...
Wolves line up £15m move for Colombia star hailed by Enzo Fernandez as 'one of the best players in the Club World Cup'
Daily Mail
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July 14, 2025
By SIMON JONES Published: 10:26 EDT, 14 July 2025 | Updated: 16:06 EDT, 14 July 2025 Wolves are close to agreement on a £15million deal for Fluminense winger Jhon Arias. The 27-year-old Colombia international has enjoyed an impressive campaign at...
Mitchell Weiss of Harvard Business School Says Generative AI Can Empower Students and Shape Future Leaders
Finance Colombia
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July 14, 2025
Mitch Weiss of Harvard Business School was recently in Medellín, Colombia as a keynote speaker during the 2025 WOBI event, which brings ideas and inspiration from some of the world’s greatest business minds. The global event rotates between major...
Copa América Femenina 2025: Full Schedule, Fixtures, Preview, Key Players, Groups, Teams, Where and How to Watch Live
Time Bulletin
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July 14, 2025
From July 11 to August 2, the top South American national women’s football teams will assemble in Ecuador to vie for the Copa América Femenina championship in 2025. In addition to competing for continental honors, they will also compete for the...
Turkish flower workers are challenging a business model that puts profits over people
Equal Times
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July 14, 2025
When was the last time you bought flowers? For a hospital visit? Valentine’s Day? A birthday, maybe? Did you picture them snipped from a sunny garden, lovingly nurtured by a cheerful gardener humming a tune? Yeah, that’s a fantasy. Today, flowers...
A Silent Emergency Is Unfolding on the Colombia-Venezuela Border
Caracas Chronicles
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July 14, 2025
The images of thousands of people stuck on the Venezuelan side of the Simón Bolívar International Bridge, waiting to enter Colombia, are no longer common. Nor are the crowds of people walking en masse, as seen years ago. But those who still cross...
Brazil tariffs add new dimension to Trump’s global economic war
World Socialist Web Site
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July 14, 2025
US President Trump’s threat to impose a 50 percent tariff on Brazil, to come into effect on August 1, was an extraordinary act of imperialist intervention which adds a new dimension to the economic war against the world being waged by his...
‘Pablo Escobar: El Patron del Mal’ Producer Diego F. Ramírez Launches 64A Docs (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety
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July 15, 2025
Rolling off the big breakout box office success of Juan Carvajal’s SXSW world premiered “La Salsa Vive,” the highest-grossing Colombian doc feature in the last five years, 64A Films founder Diego F. Ramírez, one of Colombia’s preeminent fiction...
Sofia Vergara's beautiful lookalike sister signs up for Netflix new role
Hello!
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July 15, 2025
Sofia Vergara's sister, Sandra, has landed herself a new gig. The 36-year-old younger sibling of the America's Got Talent host, has joined Selling Sunset. In an interview with Netflix's TUDUM, Sandra revealed why she joined the series and revealed...
A sensible look at the State Department cuts
Washington Examiner
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July 14, 2025
A SENSIBLE LOOK AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT CUTS. On Friday, the Trump administration laid off about 1,350 employees at the State Department. A number of news reports described the staff cuts as “devastating.” Others suggested that the downsizing will...
World’s largest known turtle nesting site found in the Amazon
Popular Science
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July 15, 2025
Researchers from the University of Florida have uncovered the largest known nesting site for the threatened giant South American river turtle (Podocnemis expansa). How did they find over 41,000 nesting reptiles? By deploying a meticulous squadron...
SN's guide to 2026 FIFA World Cup tickets, pricing, stadiums and more
Sporting News
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July 15, 2025
Table of contents It's the universal love language. It's the greatest show on turf. There's nothing like the FIFA World Cup. The biggest tournament in sports is headed to North America in 2026. Sixteen cities across the U.S., Canada and Mexico...
Colombian lender’s Chapter 11 converted to Chapter 7 in New York
Latin Lawyer
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Credit: Shutterstock/ Andrzej Rostek Latin American consumer lender Credivalores-Crediservicios’ Chapter 11 bankruptcy has been converted into a Chapter 7 liquidation by a New York court, after the company failed to consummate its restructuring...
Colombia identifies new threat in drug war: the autonomous narco drone sub
The Guardian
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July 11, 2025
The bust was unusual – a narco submarine capable of carrying more than 1.5 tons of cocaine. There were no drugs onboard this time, but most notably, there were no traffickers. Last week, the Colombian navy announced that it had seized an...