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"Colombia cuts deforestation by one-third as government targets Amazon and illegal mining"
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Colombia cuts deforestation by one-third as government targets Amazon and illegal mining
Colombia’s environment ministry reported a 33% drop in deforestation during the first quarter of 2025, citing coordinated enforcement efforts and strengthened partnerships with local communities.Steven Grattan reports for The Associated Press.In short:Colombia’s deforestation fell from 40,219 hectar...

Colombia | Petro se la juega en las calles ante el boicot en el palacio - El Salto - Edición General
https://www.elsaltodiario.com/colombia/petro-se-juega-calles-boicot-palacio

Petro se la juega en las calles ante el boicot en el palacio
El paro nacional en apoyo al Gobierno es el último capítulo de una escalada de tensión entre el bloque que lidera Gustavo Petro y los poderes fácticos que obstaculizan la agenda de cambios del primer presidente progresista de la historia de Colombia.

Colombian Presidential Candidate Miguel Uribe Shot in Bogota (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-07/colombia-presidential-candidate-uribe-shot-in-bogota-semana
http://www.memeorandum.com/250607/p65#a250607p65

Checked in at Yušn Coffee. My second coffee: Colombia El Eden sangria co-ferment washed purple caturra bourbon, from Rogue Wave in Edmonton.

🔥 Armed groups, cattle ranchers drove 35% rise in Colombia’s deforestation in 2024
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/armed-groups-cattle-ranchers-drove-35-rise-in-colombias-deforestation-in-2024/

Armed groups, cattle ranchers drove 35% rise in Colombia’s deforestation in 2024
The prediction came true: deforestation in Colombia increased in 2024 after two years of decline, just as the environment ministry had warned since April last year. The ministry announced that Colombia lost 1,070 square kilometers (413 square miles) of forest in 2024, a 35% increase from 2023, when deforestation hit 793 km2 (306 mi2). Former […]

The Everyday Security of Living with Conflict
Jessica McClearn, Reem Talhouk, Rikke Bjerg Jensen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09580 https://

The Everyday Security of Living with Conflict
When `cyber' is used as a prefix, attention is typically drawn to the technological and spectacular aspects of war and conflict -- and, by extension, security. We offer a different approach to engaging with and understanding security in such contexts, by foregrounding the everyday -- mundane -- experiences of security within communities living with and fleeing from war. We do so through three vignettes from our field research in Colombia, Lebanon and Sweden, respectively, and by highlighting th…

Colombia presidential hopeful shot in head at rally (Frances Mao/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9dq8yxxy8zo
http://www.memeorandum.com/250608/p3#a250608p3

"Ex-hitmen make excellent ushers."
—Andrew McMillan ’80 M.Div. writing in Reflections about experiences and lessons from his decades of ministry and church-planting, mostly in Colombia https://reflections.yale.edu/article/c

Fans were already gathering outside venue as Shakira & #Wyclef Jean concert cancelled in #Boston over #structural issues found at #FenwayPark