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Harry and Meghan’s tour of Colombia ‘squandered public money’, says local councilman

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle embarked on an official tour of Colombia

The Independent UK

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry End Colombia Tour with Salsa Dancing and Memorable Gifts

"This trip was a dream."

Marie Claire

Harry and Meghan’s glossy Colombia tour ends on a high – but not everyone is convinced

The pair ended their tour in the once notorious cartel city of Cali

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Prince Harry and Meghan given massive security entourage on their trip to Colombia

Former royals touring Bogota with Colombian vice president

Evening Standard

Inside the ring of steel protecting Harry and Meghan as they tour Colombia

A 14-car convoy was reportedly part of the security detail protecting the couple alongside the vice president

The Independent UK

Prince Harry ‘turned down stay at Buckingham Palace’ on last visit to London

Harry visited London to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Invictus Games

The Independent UK

Harry and Meghan invited to Colombia after vice president was ‘moved’ by Netflix documentary

‘[Meghan] is a woman who deserves to come to our country to tell her story,’ the vice president said

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Colombia to offer Swahili lessons in schools in nod to African heritage

Swahili will be taught in Colombian schools as a foreign language option, Colombia’s vice president has announced. She says the move will help Afro-Colombians reconnect with their roots, but it caused an outcry among her opponents on the right.

Radio France Internationale

Colombian government, ELN agree to start ceasefire talks

MEXICO CITY - Colombia's government and the country's last recognized guerrilla group, the National Liberation Army (ELN), said Friday they had agreed to begin negotiating a ceasefire, as the two sides wrapped up a second round of peace talks in Mexico.

Bangkok Post

Colombia's Petro presents controversial health reform to Congress

Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Monday presented a controversial health reform to lawmakers which his government says will improve primary care, expand access to treatment, raise healthcare worker salaries and fight corruption by eliminating private sector management of payments.

Reuters

Colombia's VP says a bomb discovered near her home was an assassination attempt

Vice President Francia Marquez said that her security team found more than seven kilos of explosives buried next to a rural road that leads to her home. She has previously faced death threats.

WEKU

Colombia VP says she was targeted with roadside bomb

Colombia’s Vice President says her security team found more than seven kilos of explosives buried next to a rural road that leads to her home

The Independent UK

Colombia VP Francia Marquez says explosive found near her home

Colombia's Vice President Francia Marquez, the first Black woman to hold that post in her country, said on Tuesday her security team had found an explosive near her family home.

Reuters

Black Colombian army major breaks ranks by wearing natural hair

Bogotá (AFP) - A Colombian army major, Martha Estrada, has made history by becoming the first Black policewoman to wear her hair unstraightened while on duty, a symbolic advancement in the country's battle against discrimination.

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Factbox-Recent attacks on prominent figures in Latin America

Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on Thursday night survived an apparent assassination attempt after a gunman threatened her at near point-blank range and the gun failed to discharge.

The Independent UK

Colombian voters elect country's first Black vice president

As Colombia’s voters put aside a longtime antipathy to leftists and chose one as their new president, they also have carved out another milestone — electing for the first time a Black politician to be vice president

Reuters

Colombia elects first Black woman VP Francia Marquez, who vows to stand for 'nobodies'

Francia Marquez, a single mother and former housekeeper, will be Colombia's first Black woman vice president after a historic vote on Sunday saw the Andean country pick its first leftist president, Gustavo Petro.

France 24

Francia Marquez: From maid to Colombia’s first Black vice president

When Colombians elected their first leftist president ever on Sunday, they also elected the country’s first Black vice president: Francia Marquez, a single mother who worked as a maid before challenging international mining interests as a fiery environmentalist. Her victory marks a turning point in a country plagued by social…

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Evening Standard

Colombia election: Former rebel Gustavo Petro becomes South American nation’s first leftist president

Francia Marquez will also become the country’s first black woman vice-president

AFP

Colombians vote in high stakes presidential runoff

Bogota (AFP) - Colombians vote Sunday in a presidential runoff that features promises of radical change in a country saddled with widespread poverty, violence and other woes.

The Conversation

What's at stake as Colombians choose between Trump-like populist and leftist former guerrilla for president

Colombians will decide their next president on June 19, 2022, with a choice between two candidates promising “change.” But what they mean by change is very, very different.

Reuters

Hometown looks to aspiring Colombia VP Marquez to deliver on inequality promises

Former neighbors and colleagues in Colombia's largely marginalized Cauca province hope vice presidential candidate Francia Marquez, a single mother and former housekeeper, will help areas plagued by violence and poverty if her ticket wins the election on Sunday.

The Conversation

The left could be poised to take power in Colombia for the first time

Gustavo Petro, a former guerrilla fighter, obtained 40.34 per cent of the vote in the first round of Colombian elections on May 29.

Reuters

Colombia outsider candidate Hernandez may weaken leftist Petro's rebel status

Colombian leftist Gustavo Petro leads the race for the country's presidency ahead of a second round of voting, having inspired his supporters to imagine a more equitable, greener country, they say.

France 24

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…

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