Colombia
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Who really found the "visible from space" giant water lily? Behind the Kew Gardens narrative, indigenous peoples led the way and a local botanical garden did the fieldwork
A new species of giant water lily named Victoria colombiana has been formally identified and published in the academic journal Phytotaxa. It is the fourth known species of giant water lily, with leaves up to three meters wide that are visible from space, and only 30 to 50 individuals are estimated to exist in the wild, making it regarded as critically endangered. Western media largely attributes the discovery to "a Kew Gardens expert finding it by scrolling through Instagram," but the high-risk
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsEmbassy Moves into Disputed City: Colombia's Right-Wing Government Reverses Gaza War Break, Plants Israel Embassy in Jerusalem
Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar announced that the Colombian embassy in Israel will officially open in Jerusalem next week. Colombia's new right-wing President Abelardo De la Espriella restored relations with Israel upon taking office, overturning his predecessor's decision to sever ties over the Gaza war. The move comes as the Israeli foreign minister publicly predicted that several Latin American countries could follow suit, while protests erupted in the Colombian capital of Bogotá.
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsCourt orders de Espriella to remove "corpse videos"; offensive backed by US military support has killed 42
A court in Bogotá, Colombia, accepted a petition from a Green Party lawmaker and ordered right-wing President de Espriella to temporarily hide his social media videos showing him walking past corpses. Since the president took office a month ago, with US military support, the Colombian military has carried out three bombings in the Amazon region and on the Venezuelan border, killing at least 42 people, including six minors.
Truth Era Newsroom · 21 viewsBound, He Jumped Into a River; Four Days Fleeing Through the Andes: French Foreign Legion Soldier Escapes Colombian Drug Cartel
A Colombian soldier serving in the French Foreign Legion escaped dramatically after nearly a month in captivity at the hands of the EMC, the largest FARC dissident faction, subduing a guard, leaping into a river with bound hands, and hiking for four days through mountainous terrain. The incident has once again torn open the deepest fault line of Colombia's 2016 peace accord: armed factions that refused to sign continue to live off drug trafficking and have issued threats to the country's newly e
Truth Era Newsroom · 23 viewsRubio's Latin America three-nation tour kicks off in Colombia: vows to "repair" bilateral ties, publicly points finger at China
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio launched a three-day trip to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru on Tuesday, pledging to "repair" ties with Bogotá after four years of left-wing rule in Colombia, and listing "resisting China's growing influence" as one of the objectives of the visit.
Truth Era Newsroom · 42 viewsAftermath of Regime Change: After US Forces Raid Caracas, US Detains Core Figure of Venezuela's Former Political-Business Network Across Borders
Colombian businessman Álvaro Pulido was arrested in a Sunday operation by a US Homeland Security task force, facing charges of laundering over US$2 billion in funds tied to a Venezuelan bribery scheme. The case comes in the wake of a US military raid on Caracas that took Maduro away, and the extradition by a US-backed transitional government of Alex Saab, and represents an extension of the US-led purge of Venezuela's former political-business network.
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsPanama 7.7-Magnitude Earthquake Triggers Tsunami Warnings Across Latin America; Cross-Border Emergency Response Led by U.S. Meteorological System
According to Al Jazeera, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Panama's southern Pacific coast on October 9, with the epicenter located about 10 kilometers southwest of the remote community of Pitalosa Arriba. The U.S. National Weather Service issued tsunami warnings for Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Guatemala, while Chile's Navy Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service simultaneously issued its own warning. Latin America has already been hit by successive major earthquakes this year: a twi
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsWildlife Populations Decline 73% Over 52 Years: Report Reveals Conservation Funding Is Only One-Thirty-Third of Spending on Ecological Destruction
The World Wildlife Fund's 2026 Living Planet Report indicates that approximately $7.3 trillion flowed into activities harmful to nature in 2023, while only about $220 billion was used for conservation — a ratio of roughly 33 to 1. Over the same period, monitored wildlife populations declined by an average of 73%, with Latin America and the Caribbean seeing declines as high as 95% and Africa 80%, highlighting the structural inequality between funding flows and ecological consequences.
Truth Era Newsroom · 2 viewsAmnesty International Report: Russia Lures Citizens of Multiple Countries to Fight in Ukraine with Fake Job Promises, Constituting Human Trafficking
Amnesty International released a report on Thursday accusing Russia of luring citizens from countries including Brazil, Colombia, Sri Lanka, and South Africa to Russia through fraudulent recruitment advertisements, seizing their passports upon arrival, forcing them to sign military contracts, and sending them to the battlefield in Ukraine. The organization's Secretary General Agnès Callamard characterized this conduct as human trafficking under the United Nations definition and called on the cou
Truth Era Newsroom · 46 viewsUS Designates Ecuadorian Criminal Group as 'Terrorist Organization,' Rubio's Three-Nation Trip Advances 'Shield of the Americas' Military Framework
US Secretary of State Rubio announced in Quito that the Ecuadorian group Los Tiguerones has been designated as a terrorist organization, and is seeking congressional approval for $45 million in funding. The trip serves the Trump administration's push for the 'Shield of the Americas' alliance, aimed at deepening security cooperation with right-wing allies in Latin America, while US strikes against so-called drug vessels have killed at least 227 people and the identities of the deceased have not b
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