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Francia Marquez, the Afro-Colombian rights activist campaigning for vice president of Colombia

For the first time in Colombia's history, the left, led by former Bogota mayor Gustavo Petro, could win the presidential election set to begin Sunday. If it prevails, Afro-Colombian environmental and human rights activist Francia Marquez would become vice president. A victory would mark a turning point for a country…

France 24

Ex-rebel frontrunner in Colombian vote, could shake US ties

Colombians will pick from six candidates in a presidential ballot being held Sunday amid a generalized feeling the country is heading in the wrong direction

The Independent UK

Analysis: Left-wing Colombian candidate plans drug war shakeup

Leading Colombian presidential candidate Gustavo Petro is roundly critical of the U.S.-led war on drugs and has questioned the extradition of a drug kingpin, views that may herald a shakeup of how the Andean nation battles the narcotics industry.

Reuters

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Special programme: Colombia's peace deal generation

Over two thirds of young Colombians say their lives have got worse over the past year, which saw a fierce crackdown on anti-government protests in a country still recovering from five decades of conflict. Six years after the peace deal with the FARC rebels, many young people are backing the…

France 24

Otoniel shipped ‘outrageous’ amounts of cocaine to US: Prosecutor

Accused Colombian drug trafficker pleads not guilty to two charges after being extradited to the US from Bogota.

Al Jazeera

Colombia starts extradition of accused drug trafficker Otoniel to the United States

Colombian authorities took Dairo Antonio Usaga, known as Otoniel, an accused drug trafficker and leader of the Clan del Golfo criminal group to an airport in the capital Bogota to be extradited to the United States on Wednesday, police told Reuters.

Reuters

Colombian leftist Petro leads presidential election poll

The leftist former mayor of Bogota, Gustavo Petro, remains the front-runner in Colombia's May 29 presidential election, while center-right candidate Federico Gutierrez has vaulted into second place, according to a poll released on Friday by Invamer.

Reuters

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Exclusive: Isiah Thomas, NBA Star And President Of One World Products, To Visit Colombia This Week

One World Products, Inc. (OTCQB: OWPC), the largest Black-controlled, fully-licensed hemp and cannabis producer in Colombia, announced Monday that its Chairman and CEO, Isiah Thomas, will visit Cali and Bogotá in Colombia between April 26 and 28, 2022.

Benzinga

Woman who miscarried paid 2 hitmen to murder homeless pregnant woman then steal her baby

The lifeless body of Sandra Johanna Alvarez Solano, 37, was found in a roadside field outside Bogota, Colombia - she had been brutally murdered with cuts to her throat, face and abdomen

Daily Mirror

Colombian Cops Bust 21 Suspects And Seize Over 1,000 Exotic Animals Worth $1 Million

The authorities said they arrested "21 people during the process of 15 raids in different parts of the country".

Zenger

Taylor Hawkins, Stephen Sondheim honored at 2022 Grammy Awards

As most Grammy Awards viewers were sadly aware, Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins was supposed to be pounding his kit with the band at this year's ceremony. Tragically, though, less than two weeks ago, Hawkins, 50, was found dead in a Bogota, Colombia, hotel room.

Los Angeles Times

FARC dissidents responsible for bombing that killed two children, says Colombia's Duque

Colombian President Ivan Duque on Monday accused former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) who reject a peace deal of setting off explosives at a police station which killed two children and injured 39 others in Bogota.

Reuters

Investigators pave way for repatriation of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins’ body

Forensic investigators have paved the way for the repatriation of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins’ body following his shock death on Friday.

Evening Standard

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins had 10 different substances in body, early report finds

Colombia’s Attorney General’s Office said it would “continue to investigate and will duly inform the findings of forensic examinations in due time.”

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Daily Mirror

Taylor Hawkins' heart was twice as heavy as it should have been when he died

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, 50, is believed to have suffered a suspected heart attack, according to health chiefs in Bogota, which may have been due to an overdose

The Independent UK

Taylor Hawkins had 10 different substances in his system, officials say

The 50-year-old was playing on the South American leg of the band’s world tour when his sudden death was announced on Saturday.

Wales Online

Foo Fighter Taylor Hawkins had cocktail of drugs in his system at time of his death, say officials

Ten 10 different substances identified during initial forensic medical examination

Daily Mirror

Taylor Hawkins 'had cocktail of 10 different drugs in his body' when he tragically died

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, 50, is believed to have suffered a suspected heart attack, according to health chiefs in Bogota, which may have been due to an overdose

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The Independent UK

Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins ‘one of last true rock star drummers of our time’

Paramedics attempted to revive Hawkins in his hotel room in Bogota, Colombia, but there was no response, authorities have said.

Wales Online

Taylor Hawkins cause of death: Police issue update

Police in Colombia said those close to the Foo Fighters' drummer had suggested his death could be linked to drugs

The Independent UK

‘Huge loss for music’ as Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins dies at 50

The drummer played in the band for more than two decades.

Daily Record

Taylor Hawkins dead: Foo Fighters drummer dies aged 50

Taylor Hawkins' devastated Foo Fighters bandmates made the announcement on social media and local news reports suggest the drummer was found dead in his hotel room in Bogota, Colombia.

Reuters

Colombian centrist must push social policies to win over polarized nation in vote -analysts

Mathematician Sergio Fajardo, chosen to represent Colombia's center-left coalition at presidential elections in May, will need to present concrete policies against poverty and graft to defeat foes in a bitterly polarized nation, analysts said.

Tribune News Service

Colombia selects candidates who’ll battle Petro for presidency

For months, Gustavo Petro, the former guerrilla and Bogota mayor, has been all the talk ahead of Colombia’s presidential elections. The rich fear him, while many of the poor love his promises to redistribute land and wealth.

Reuters

Colombia presidential hopeful Fajardo proposes tax reform to fund more social spending

Colombian presidential hopeful Sergio Fajardo told Reuters on Tuesday that if elected his government would seek to raise income taxes on the country's highest earners to expand social spending.

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