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Colombia's 'rebel nun' has led decades of spiritual resistance against state violence
Global Sisters Report
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In a homey third-story apartment in Soacha, Colombia, on the outskirts of Bogotá, Sr. Maritze Trigos Torres pulls a plastic bag from a cabinet. Inside are photographs no one should have to see: the decomposing body of Fr. Tiberio Fernández Mafla,...
Bogotá’s 50th Solidarity Walk Honors Nydia Quintero and Miguel Uribe Turbay
teleSUR
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Bogotá’s 50th Solidarity Walk paid tribute to founder Nydia Quintero and Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, blending cultural celebration with remembrance amid Colombia’s political tensions. Bogotá residents gather for the Solidarity Walk to honor Nydia...
A Colombian farmer finds $600 million buried on his farm that may belong to Pablo Escobar
MARCA
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August 18, 2025
A farmer from the department of Antioquia, in Colombia, has made a discovery that seems straight out of a movie: while carrying out agricultural work on his farm, he discovered 600 million dollars in cash buried, allegedly linked to the late Pablo...
Uruguay advances euthanasia law despite Catholic bishops’ objections
LifeSite
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August 18, 2025
Blogs Historically Catholic Uruguay’s Parliament moved closer to approving a bill that decriminalizes euthanasia, and the president supports the legislation. (LifeSiteNews) — On August 13, Uruguay’s lower house of parliament voted to decriminalize...
Meet Our 2025 Keepers of the Earth Fund Grant Partners Strengthening Indigenous Knowledge to Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Change and in Natural Disaster Recovery
Cultural Survival - Massachusetts
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The Keepers of the Earth Fund (KOEF) is proud to announce our 2025 partnerships with Indigenous communities. At Cultural Survival, we value cultivating long-term relationships with our partners. The Keepers of the Earth Fund is an Indigenous-led...
Behind the Catch and Release of a Rebel Chavista Activist
Caracas Chronicles
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August 18, 2025
“I really can’t believe it!” Nicolás Maduro said on the night of August 11, speaking on his television program alongside Diosdado Cabello, Vladimir Padrino, and other security chiefs. “Chief Prosecutor Tarek William Saab called to inform of an...
Reporter's Notebook: The radical forgiveness of Colombia's 'false positive' mothers
Global Sisters Report
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August 18, 2025
The El Pueblo Community Home in Soacha, Colombia, reverberates with preparations for the afternoon's performance. Children in traditional costumes practice their steps one more time while mothers adjust ruffled skirts and straighten miniature...
Mexico: Solidarity with indigenous woman defender Silvia Pérez Yescas
International Federation for Human Rights
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August 18, 2025
Abie Anongos, CWEARC, Philippines Abigail Severo Vásquez, Colectiva Ayuuk Toxëjk, Mexico Adolfina Kuum Dolie, Komunitas Peduli Lingkungan, Indonesia Adv Muhammad Bux, Sukaar Welfare Organization, Pakistan Agnes Kharshiing, Civil Society Women...
ICYMI: Colombian bikers, Bellingham for LV and a Chopova Lowena headphone bag
HERO Magazine
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Stone Island document the stunt riders of Medellín Marking Stone Island’s FW26 collection, the brand released a new editorial by photographer Isaac Lamb and in-house archivist Archie Maher, who set off to Medellín in Colombia to capture the city’s...
Colombia Reaffirms Claims as Peru President Tours Disputed Santa Rosa Island
teleSUR
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August 16, 2025
Boluarte’s visit to Santa Rosa Island heightens tensions, as Colombia reiterates its historical and legal claim to the territory. Peruvian President Dina Boluarte tours Santa Rosa Island with military personnel, in an action Colombia views as...
Reel People: Meet some of the New Orleanians using social media to support the city's culture
Gambit - Louisiana
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We like to think that back before computers and the internet, everybody lived in “the real world.” It’s an idealized world, especially for Gen Xers who love to wax poetic for anybody born after 1980 about how great the world was back then, which...
The 160-year-old tracks of Colombia’s Sabana train
Colombia Reports
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August 16, 2025
Perhaps one of the most authentic ways you can connect with your hometown is by taking the train; Bogota is no exception. Despite the city’s infrastructure shifting to accommodate an increasing number of cars within its confines, the old Sabana...
Amnesty, not prison, for immigrant workers in US! Unite the working class
The Militant
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August 16, 2025
When Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, he inherited from his predecessor, Democrat Joseph Biden, the largest immigration prison network in U.S. history. Trump immediately began taking steps to further expand it, claiming there...
Expections At United Nation General Assembly 80th Session Kudus Research And
Modern Ghana
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th Session by way of anticipate and forecasting possibly to discuss major issues at the UNGA and also at the United Nation Security Council among other issues of interest to the United Nation General Assembly 80th Session. The UN General Assembly...
Colombian fake doctor who treated over 650 patients arrested in...
Spain in English
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August 15, 2025
Spanish police have arrested a 37-year-old woman accused of masquerading as a doctor in Colombia and treating hundreds of patients without the proper credentials. Authorities say that the woman, originally from Colombia, is alleged to have...
Colombia Says Goodbye to Miguel Uribe Turbay
The City Paper Bogotá
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August 14, 2025
Bogotá’s skies wept on Wednesday morning as the casket of Miguel Uribe Turbay left the National Capitol, crossing Plaza de Bolívar toward the Catedral Primada. Thousands watched in silence — in the square, on balconies, and before giant screens...
Once-a-year Mass celebrates Louisiana's 'smallest church in the world' on the Mississippi River
The Advocate - Louisiana
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Outside the 9-by-9-foot chapel across from the levee, congregants sweated and prayed, clad in the most formal churchgoing clothes that can be expected in a Louisiana August. Many worshippers drove in from different parishes, some even from out of...
Gorinto’s ‘Life-Affirming’ Cultural Exchange
State College - Pennsylvania
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August 16, 2025
This story originally appeared in the August 2025 issue of Town&Gown magazine. A gorinto is a Japanese pagoda, typically a stone tower made of the five shapes representing the Buddhist concept of the five elements — earth, water, fire, wind and...
Looking for an immigration lawyer? Don’t fall for these scams
LAist - California
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August 15, 2025
Keep up with LAist. If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less. It’s been 24 years since a woman now residing...
Record Number of Submissions for Sanfic’s Santiago Lab, as Chilean Project Market Builds International Profile
Variety
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August 18, 2025
The Santiago International Film Festival (Sanfic) reported 98.39% more applications this year to its fiction and documentary labs from some 32 countries. Out of 240 applications, 16 fiction projects and 15 documentaries were selected. “Unlike...