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Newly elected Colombian President Gustavo Petro (C) celebrates next to his wife Veronica Alcocer and his running mate Francia Marquez at the Movistar Arena in Bogota, on June 19, 2022 after winning the presidential runoff election on 19 June, 2022

Gustavo Petro elected Colombia's first leftist president

Ex-guerrilla Gustavo Petro was elected the first ever left-wing president of Colombia on Sunday, after beating millionaire businessman Rodolfo Hernandez in a tense and unpredictable runoff election.

Colombian left-wing presidential candidate Gustavo Petro of the Historic Pact coalition and vice-presidential candidate Francia Marquez react after Petro came out on top in the first round of the presidential election in Bogota, Colombia on 29 May, 2022

Historic leftist win in first round of Colombian presidential vote

Colombians clamouring for “change” gave a leftist ex-guerrilla an historic lead Sunday in a first round of presidential elections that will culminate in a runoff against a maverick outsider in June

A person holds a placard demanding Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign after his government lost its majority in the parliament, amid the country's economic crisis, during a protest near to a road leading to the parliament building in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 5 April, 2022.

Sri Lanka's president will not resign, despite protests: Minister

"As a government, we are clearly saying the president will not resign under any circumstances. We will face this."

Record heat, forest fires in Colombia's Amazon in January

Record heat, forest fires in Colombia's Amazon in January

January of this year was the hottest month in the Colombian Amazon in a decade, leading to an increase in forest fires in the southeastern region and very likely impacting air quality in the capital ...

In this file photo taken on 19 December, 2021 FC Porto's Colombian midfielder Luis Diaz celebrates after scoring a goal during the Portuguese league football match between FC Vizela and FC Porto at the Futebol Clube de Vizela stadium in Vizela

Transfer market Liverpool sign Colombian star Diaz from Porto

Colombian international winger Luis Diaz signed for Premier League side Liverpool on Sunday from Portuguese side FC Porto, which will place further doubt on the future of their Egyptian star Mohamed ...

Handout picture released by the Colombian Army on 24 January, 2022, of FARC rebel dissident Euclides Espana Caicedo, aka Jhonier, at an undisclosed place

Rebel leader killed in Colombia

The commander of a rebel splinter group that rejects a 2016 peace deal in Colombia has been killed in a clash with the military, the country's president said Monday

Ecuador expands protected marine area around Galapagos Islands

Ecuador expands protected marine area around Galapagos Islands

Ecuador on Friday created a new marine reserve around its pristine Galapagos Islands -- whose rich biodiversity inspired Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution -- as it seeks to expand protections for ...

UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres

UN chief visits Colombia for fifth anniversary of peace deal

UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres paid tribute to Colombia’s peace deal efforts on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the historic agreement that ended almost six decades of devastating conflict

Handout picture released on 23 October , 2021 by the Colombian Army press office showing a Colombian soldier escorting Colombia's most-wanted drug lord and head of the Gulf Clan, Dairo Antonio Usuga (R) -alias 'Otoniel'- after his capture, in Bogota

Colombia’s most-wanted drug lord ‘Otoniel’ captured

Colombia’s most-wanted drug trafficker “Otoniel” has been captured, officials said Saturday, a major victory for the government of the world’s top cocaine exporter

Brazil's Neymar (C) and Colombia's Carlos Cuesta (R) vie for the ball during their South American qualification football match for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 at the Metropolitano stadium in Barranquilla, Colombia, on 10 October, 2021

Brazil lose perfect start but close in on WC qualification

The returning Neymar could not inspire Brazil to victory as hosts Colombia ended their perfect start to World Cup qualifying with a 0-0 draw in Barraquilla on Sunday.

A jaguar rubs itself against vegetation as it walks through smoke from a fire nearby, in Encontro das Aguas State Park in the Pantanal, Brazil. The photo was taken on 3 September, 2020

Over 10,000 species risk extinction in Amazon: report

In Brazil, deforestation has surged since right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro took office in 2019, reaching a 12-year high last year and drawing international outcry from foreign governments and the ...

Haiti's interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph addresses the audience on 8 July, 2021

Rival Haitian leaders battle for power after president's assassination

Ariel Henry, a neurosurgeon who was named prime minister by president Jovenel Moise two days before Moise was killed by a squad of gunmen, said he was now the highest authority in Haiti

Colombia’s Luis Diaz scores their second goal in the Copa America 2021 Third-Place Playoff against Peru at Estadio Mane Garrincha, Brasilia, Brazil on 9 July 2021

Copa America 2021 Diaz stunner gives Colombia Copa 3rd place

It was a thrilling encounter that ebbed and flowed, with Yoshimar Yotun giving Peru a first half lead before Colombia captain Juan Cuadrado equalised early in the second period

In this file photo taken on 27 September 2018 Jovenel Moise, president of Haiti, addresses the 73rd session of the General Assembly at the United Nations in New York.

Haiti police blame Colombian, US suspects in president’s slaying

A 28-member hit squad made up of Americans and Colombians assassinated president Jovenel Moise, Haitian police said Thursday, adding that eight were still at large as the country lurched into ...

Argentina's goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez stops the shot by Colombia's Yerry Mina (out of frame) during the penalty shootout of their Conmebol 2021 Copa America football tournament semi-final match at the Mane Garrincha Stadium in Brasilia, on 6 July 2021

Copa America 2021 Martinez is phenomenal: Messi

Martinez had little to do over the 90 minutes but was superb in the shootout, diving at full stretch to save from Davinson Sanchez, Yerry Mina and Edwin Cardona

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