Colombia inks deal that could see Damen build five Sigma frigates

SANTIAGO, Chile — Colombia is launching a $2 billion shipbuilding program that would see its Navy acquire five frigates.

The announcement, made last week, was followed by the signing on Tuesday of an initial contract between local shipbuilder Cotecmar and Dutch company Damen to adapt

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Tropical Storm Julia forms off Colombia, expected to become hurricane

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Tropical Storm Julia, the tenth named storm of the season, formed Friday morning off the coast of Colombia and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane sometime this weekend, authorities said.

It poses no threat to Florida, according to Storm Team 8 Meteorologist

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Colombia will restart peace negotiations with National Liberation Army

The Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) insurgent group on Tuesday announced the restart of peace negotiations, after a three-year hiatus.

The announcement was made at a joint press conference of top ELN leadership and a team of negotiators representing the

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Pablo Escobar’s legacy is an ‘open wound’ in Medellín. But tourists can’t get enough of it

Medellín, Colombia — Three decades ago, this bustling metropolis was the world’s most dangerous city, an epicenter of assassinations, massacres and car bombs linked to the eponymous hometown cartel and its notorious boss, Pablo Escobar.

Even after Escobar’s shooting death here on

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Julia causes damage in Colombia, strong winds and flooding rain to continue

After reaching hurricane strength early Saturday evening, Julia made landfall in Nicaragua early Sunday morning and crossed into the eastern Pacific that night. AccuWeather meteorologists warned that life-threatening impacts were expected in the continue in portions of Central Am

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Patatje oorlog: Colombia appeals in dispute over imported frozen fries

Colombia has turned up the heat in a dispute with the Netherlands and other European countries over import tariffs on french fries. The South American country is appealing against a World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling against its 8% duty on frozen fries. It claimed Belgium, the

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Colombia banned the iPhone 14. Apple says it will sell it anyway

Editor’s note: After we published this story on October 12, Apple removed a footnote from a press release saying that the iPhone 14 Plus would be released in Colombia on October 28. When we asked Apple for an explanation, Adriana Huerta, Head of Corporate Communications, Latin

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