Losing its sparkle: Colombia’s emerald capital weighs the cost of its precious stones

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 10:49 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

As big companies and informal miners blame each other for the damage to rivers and forests, mining risks long-term harm to those living nearby

The small town of Muzo, nestled deep in Colombia’s emeral…

I was a CIA agent. There is growing proof Hitler faked his death... and I think I know where he was hiding

found 2025 › Apr › 20 (Sun) @ 17:20 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Details of a Hitler sighting in Colombia in 1955, a Nazi jungle hideout in Argentina and a nuclear fusion lab have got experts questioning what they thought they knew about the Führer.

‘No fish, no money, no food’: Colombia’s stilt people fight to save their wetlands

found 2025 › Apr › 17 (Thu) @ 11:20 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Illegally diverted rivers, seawater and poorly managed building projects have polluted the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta. But the Unesco site has a vital role to play in fighting climate change

From t…

EU names 7 ‘safe’ countries for deporting migrants

found 2025 › Apr › 16 (Wed) @ 14:20 UTC

a story from Politico EU › Politico EU

The bloc designated Kosovo, Colombia, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Bangladesh and India as "safe."

Lip reader reveals the awkward moment Meghan Markle interrupted Prince Harry on their otherwise loved-up tour of Colombia

found 2025 › Apr › 13 (Sun) @ 06:55 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

When the Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrived in Bogota, they were warmly embraced by vice president Francia Marquez, who invited the couple to the South American country.

Italy investigates possible mistaken-identity killing of scientist in Colombia

found 2025 › Apr › 10 (Thu) @ 12:40 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Rome prosecutors expected to send team to Santa Marta where body of Alessandro Coatti was found dismembered

Prosecutors in Rome have opened an investigation into the murder of an Italian scientist in …

Dismembered UK scientist may have been killed by organ traffickers, his horrified relatives fear as map shows how hacked up body was scattered around Colombian town

found 2025 › Apr › 10 (Thu) @ 10:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Alessandro Coatti's remains have been found scattered around a town in Colombia, the torso found miles away from the dismembered legs, head, hands and feet.

Royal Society of Biology pays tribute to scientist murdered in Colombia

found 2025 › Apr › 09 (Wed) @ 12:25 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

A local mayor in Colombia offers a cash reward to help find Alessandro Coatti’s killers.

Tributes to ex-London scientist after body found dismembered in Colombia

found 2025 › Apr › 09 (Wed) @ 10:40 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Alessandro Coatti described by former colleagues at Royal Society of Biology as ‘passionate and dedicated’

Tributes have been paid to a “passionate and dedicated” scientist after parts of his dismembe…

Did dismembered British scientist unwittingly fall prey to Colombian 'vigilantes'? THIRTEEN people have been horrifically tortured and mutilated in region in a year, experts reveal

found 2025 › Apr › 09 (Wed) @ 10:05 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Alessandro Coatti, 42, was dismembered after he was killed, with his head and arms found in a black suitcase, investigators in Santa Marta, a port city on Colombia's Caribbean coast, said.