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Colombian President Petro Compares Cocaine to Whisky, Calls for global legalisation
Colombian President Gustavo Petro claimed that “cocaine is no worse than whisky” and suggested the drug trade could be dismantled if cocaine were legalised worldwide.
Cocaine 'no worse than whisky': Colombian President
Gustavo Petro said the drug would be 'sold like wine' if legalised worldwide.
The man braving the wild to rescue the rarest of flowers
New York Times: Carlos Magdalena has been called the “plant messiah”.
Society completely broken by online lies, says Prince Harry after UK riots
'In an ideal world, those with positions of influence would take more responsibility.'
DIY royal tour lands the Sussexes in hot water
How will the couple manage the risks of roaming without the safeguards of royal life?
Harry and Meghan to tour Colombia after saying Britain ‘too dangerous’
The Sussexes will travel to the country at the invitation of its vice president.
Harry and Meghan to visit Colombia instead of ‘too dangerous’ Britain
They are to travel to the South American country at the invitation of its vice president.
Colombia faces a new problem: Too much cocaine
New York Times: Shifts in the global drug industry have devastated many poor Colombians.
Men jailed for importing $45m of cocaine from Colombia
Large drug syndicate responsible for importing and distributing nearly 100kg of cocaine.
Minimum tax on billionaires would raise up to $408b a year, says report
Financial Times: Levy on total wealth of super-rich is 'feasible and enforceable'.
'Get off': Child booted from plane in Colombia for one reason
The captain ultimately had to move off the runway and return to the airport.
Crocodile handbag celebrity smuggler sent to jail
Sprawling multi-year conspiracy involved recruiting couriers to transport her handbags.
South America bound? This secret Colombian island is an itinerary game-changer
Add a slice of pure paradise to your bucket list.
Karl Puschmann: Netflix’s cocaine-drama Griselda is a fast–paced rush
OPINION: Sofia Vergara comes out guns blazing in grizzly crime-bio.
‘She murdered at the drop of a hat’: The bloody truth about cartel ‘godmother’ Griselda Blanco
A new Netflix series takes on the mythic arc of the notorious Miami drug smuggler.
Colombia tourists urged not to use dating apps. Embassy links deaths to online liaisons
The embassy connected eight deaths to criminals using of dating apps to target tourists.
Tastes from the motherland: The cuisines of immigrants
Migrant communities are carving new paths for their cuisines in New Zealand.
Who's a pretty boy then? Kiwi scientist shocked by bi-gender bird
The rare split-gendered bird was spotted in Colombia.
Hippos descended from drug kingpin Pablo Escobar’s pets now being sterilised
More than 100 of the mammals roam around unsupervised in some rivers.
'Holy grail of shipwrecks' holding $33 billion of treasure to be resurfaced
The question is, who is entitled to the billion-dollar loot?
Colombia to cull drug kingpin Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’
The 166-strong herd are descendants of animals brought there from Africa by Escobar.
Football star Luis Diaz's parents kidnapped while driving home
The parents were pulled over by motorcycle gunmen on their way home.
Consider your family an adventurous one?... Colombia's calling!
Seven years post-peace agreement, Colombia is safer and better than ever.
How a southern Italian crime family’s reign ended in tragedy
Financial Times: Two shocking murders, 25 years apart, in fight to rule organised crime.
'We are family': Rescuers recount incredible moment they found missing children
New York Times: At first, Nicolás Ordóñez heard a soft cry in the jungle.
Colombian children rescued in jungle had been fleeing for their lives
New York Times: Family had feared the kids would be recruited by a violent armed group.
Tragic twist to Amazon miracle: Mum survived 4 days with kids after plane crash
New details have emerged in the harrowing story of four kids who survived a plane crash.