Abelardo de la Espriella
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Lula wins fourth term as Brazil president after historic upset over far-right Flávio Bolsonaro
Leftist incumbent Lula stages unprecedented comeback weeks after narrowly losing first round of election to Bolsonaro
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Brazil runoff live updates: Bolsonaro says it is ‘impossible to concede’ election result after historic Lula win
Leftist president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated the far-right senator and was elected president of Brazil for a fourth non-consecutive term
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Video. Moment Colombian authorities seize 7.6 tonnes of cocaine bound for Europe
Video. Colombia has seized 7.6 tonnes of cocaine at the port of Cartagena in what President Abelardo de la Espriella described as the country's largest drug seizure in a decade.
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Colombia seizes 7.6 tonnes of Netherlands-bound cocaine in Cartagena
Separately, two Dutch nationals wanted by prosecutors in the Netherlands have been arrested in Colombia.
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Colombia judge orders protection of historical artifacts after museum purge sparks protests
A Colombian judge ordered the nation’s government to protect more than 30 historical artifacts that officials removed from exhibits in Bogota’s national museum last week
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Colombia opens an embassy in Jerusalem after restoring diplomatic ties with Israel
Colombia has opened an embassy in Jerusalem, marking a significant shift in its relations with Israel
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Colombia gives police greater power to break up street protests
Colombia’s government has modified a set of guidelines that dictate how police should react to street protests, giving officers greater leeway to break up demonstrations in which protesters are vandalizing public property or disrupting access to essential services through actions like roadblocks
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Colombia's new government: 2016 deal with rebel group has not brought peace — but 132,000 killings
Colombia’s new government says over 132,000 people have been killed, and armed group membership has increased from 6,000 to almost 30,000, in the decade since the country signed a highly touted peace agreement with its largest rebel group
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Colombia's president offers support to veterans extradited to US over Haitian leader's killing
Colombian president Abelardo de la Espriella has offered legal assistance to a group of Colombian military veterans who were arrested over the 2021 killing of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse
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Colombia launches joint task force to protect pipeline and fight ELN rebels
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has launched a joint task force that will fight rebel groups and drug gangs in the country's northeast
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Colombian police capture wife and daughter of Ecuadorian gang leader extradited to the United States
Colombian police say they have captured the wife and daughter of Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar, a notorious Ecuadorian gang leader