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COLOMBIA’S GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR BAN ON BULLFIGHTING

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COLOMBIA’S GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR BAN ON BULLFIGHTING

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January 21, 2018
Colombia’s government said Saturday it is in favor of banning the increasingly controversial practice.
According to Deputy Interior Minister Luis Ernesto Gomez, the cultural phenomenon should be prohibited by law after decades of decline in popularity and increasing protests by animal rights advocates.

Bullfighting events are exempt from animal cruelty laws until May 2019 when a deadline imposed by the Constitutional Court expires.

Unless Congress passes a bill to extend this exemption, the cultural events will fall under common animal cruelty laws and bullfighters could be “punished with prison sentences between one and three years,” the ministry said.

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CENTRAL COLOMBIA OIL SPILL CONTAINED: ECOPETROL

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CENTRAL COLOMBIA OIL SPILL CONTAINED: ECOPETROL

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April 2, 2018
Ecopetrol, the Colombian state oil company, said it had already been able to end a massive oil spill that killed thousands of animals in the center of the country. After four weeks, they reported on the massive oil leak in this area.

The Prosecutor General’s Office and the Ministry of Environment announced a criminal investigation into the alleged neglect that led to the environmental disaster and the sanctions that would be imposed by announcing on 2 March that already had controlled the leak.

This fact spurred the displacement of 21 families living in the vicinity of the oil field, and in addition, flora and fauna in the fields surrounding Lizama 158 have become a "valley of death", according to the weekly Semana, which visited the region. For the former Environment Minister, he described as the biggest environmental disaster in the history of national oil Company.

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TAKES ACTION THREE WEEKS AFTER DISASTROUS OIL SPILL

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TAKES ACTION THREE WEEKS AFTER DISASTROUS OIL SPILL

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March 25, 2018
A crude oil spill has been causing an environmental disaster in central Colombia for three weeks without state-run oil company Ecopetrol taking action to control it.
Oil started escaping the Lizama 158 oil field on March 3, but it was not until Saturday that Ecopetrol vowed to send heavy equipment that could stop the spill.

Ecopetrol president Felipe Bayon said the company was flying in a snubbing unit from abroad that could stop the spill. “We will have it in Lizama for construction between Wednesday and Thursday after which it can begin operations,” Bayon said.

Authorities, however, want to know what caused the spill, how bad the damage is and why it took the company three weeks to take action.

Reports have come from oil polluting rivers as far as 8 miles from the incidents, but it is unknown how much oil escapes the field every hour.

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Contaminación por derrame de crudo en caño la Lizama en Santander

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URIBE’S REFUSAL TO VOTE ON PEACE DEAL COULD MEAN HIS POLITICAL DEATH

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URIBE’S REFUSAL TO VOTE ON PEACE DEAL COULD MEAN HIS POLITICAL DEATH

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April 5, 2018
Colombia’s state council on Wednesday agreed to investigate whether former President Alvaro Uribe should be removed from Congress for failing to vote on legislation.
The probe could have far-reaching consequences as Uribe, his presidential candidate Ivan Duque, and dozens of other congressmen could be barred from holding public office.

The high court is studying a second lawsuit that seeks the political death of both Uribe and Duque.

Congress has been nervous for weeks after a representative was removed from the House for neglecting to vote.

Colombia’s legislative branch has

The charges against Uribe and Duque seek to punish them for failing to vote after reporting his presence in the Senate.

According to the attorney who filed the charges, Uribe and other members of the Democratic Center party “collectively withdrew from sessions” that sought to create congressional seats for conflict victims.
If convicted, the leader of the largest political party in the Senate could lose his seat. Duque would not be able to take office as president if he is elected in May.

According to the State Council, it would formally notify the former president of the investigation.

Uribe took to Twitter immediately, stressing that the attorney who sued him had previously represented a commander of demobilized guerrilla group FARC.

According to the hard-right politician, he couldn’t vote on bills related to the country’s peace process “for reasons of conscience.”

Uribe, who is investigated by the Supreme Court for his alleged role in the formation of far-right death squads, has opposed the peace process.

Duque has vowed to retroactively change the peace deal if elected on May 27.

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HOW TOURISM HELPS RECONCILIATION IN COLOMBIA’S FORMER CONFLICT ZONES

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HOW TOURISM HELPS RECONCILIATION IN COLOMBIA’S FORMER CONFLICT ZONES

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February 27, 2018
Tourism has become a tool for reconciliation in areas where violence has dropped after the demobilization of the FARC, Colombia’s largest former guerrilla group.
Economic website Portafolio talked to tourism officials in three department where a reduction in armed conflict has allowed both victims and former guerrillas to embark on tourism initiatives.

This hasn’t been easy, according to biologist Fernando Hoyos, who is helping communities in the southern Caqueta province to set up ecotourim initiatives.

In the beginning the people didn’t want to,” Hoyos told Portafolio. However, this improved after psychological assistance for both the victimized community and the former guerrillas who demobilized lat year.

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COLOMBIAN “MIRACLE” PILOT HAS LICENSE SUSPENDED BY AVIATION AUTHORITIES

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COLOMBIAN “MIRACLE” PILOT HAS LICENSE SUSPENDED BY AVIATION AUTHORITIES

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April 2, 2018
The pilot of a singe-prop Cessna who managed to miraculously land on the busy Bogotá to Tunja highway during a heavy storm Saturday, has had his commercial pilot’s license suspended.

According to the Colombian Civil Aeronautics, the pilot had been notified mid-flight, that weather conditions were deteriorating rapidly and that he should return to the municipal airport Guaymaral, 20 kilometers north of Bogotá.

It was confirmed Sunday that the pilot was a flight instructor from the Aeroandes aviation school and had enough fuel to return to Guaymaral

The pilot managed to coordinate with air traffic authorities, the Colombian Air Force and Transit Police, the closure of three kilometers of highway during a busy travel day in Colombia when millions of vehicles were returning to the Bogotá.

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TRUMP SAYS CHINA WILL TAKE DOWN TRADE BARRIERS, DEAL ON IP – TWEET                               

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POLITICS April 8, 2018

In the news of the day, I will talk about the victory that Donald Trump, the president of the United States, has achieved in terms of international trade. He said in his tweet on Sunday that China would take down its trade barriers and that the two countries would reach a deal on the intellectual property.  After several months of confrontations between these two countries for to the high tariffs that China charged to the United States, President Trump managed to break down its trade barriers and, in this way, the taxes will become reciprocal and there will be made a deal on the Intellectual Property (PI).

Trump, in dialogues with the president of China, Xi Jinping, promised to open the country's economy and reduce import tariffs to different products, including car taxes, a matter in which Trump has been insisting for a long time.

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COLOMBIA EXTRADITES 'PABLO ESCOBAR OF ECUADOR' TO US

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COLOMBIA EXTRADITES 'PABLO ESCOBAR OF ECUADOR' TO US

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A suspected drug chief known as the “Pablo Escobar of Ecuador” was extradited to the US on Saturday, Colombia’s chief prosecutor’s office has announced.

Washington Edison Prado tried unsuccessfully to prevent extradition by claiming membership of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) a status that would have made him eligible for a type of amnesty under a peace deal.

The prosecutor’s office said in a statement that Prado was escorted by a detail of 50 commandos and agents of various police agencies as he was turned over to US authorities.

US officials accuse Prado, also known by the alias Gerald, of shipping more than 200 tonnes of cocaine to the US.

Police say he ran the most sophisticated smuggling route on the Pacific coast of South America, and they compared it to Escobar’s Medellín cartel of three decades ago because it sought to dominate the entire cocaine supply chain from production to its distribution in the US.

Police say his group sent as many as 10 go-fast boats a week, each carrying around a tonne of cocaine.

He allegedly began as a boatman running drugs along Ecuador’s coast and rose to become head of a small army of smugglers spread across five countries. Prado was arrested in Colombia in April on an indictment by a Florida federal court.

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TAX SLIPS DON'T LIE? SHAKIRA UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR TAX EVASION

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TAX SLIPS DON'T LIE? SHAKIRA UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR TAX EVASION

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January 23 2018
The Colombian singer, who switched residences in 2015 from the Bahamas to Barcelona, allegedly failed to pay income taxes in Spain
Judicial authorities in Spain say Shakira is under investigation for possible tax evasion during the three years before she officially moved to Barcelona.

The Colombian singer switched residences in 2015 from the Bahamas to Barcelona, where she lives with her partner, Barça soccer player Gerard Piqué, and the couple’s two sons.

Anna Forastier, a spokeswoman for auditing firm PwC, said the company has been hired by Shakira for the investigation but declined to disclose any details.

Last year, the singer-songwriter appeared in the Paradise Papers, an investigation by the Guardian and other news organisations into the world of offshore finance. According to the papers, she was listed as a resident of the Bahamas despite living in Barcelona.

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BAHRAIN MAKES LARGEST OIL DISCOVERY IN ITS HISTORY

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BAHRAIN MAKES LARGEST OIL DISCOVERY IN ITS HISTORY

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April 02, 2018
Bahrain makes largest oil discovery in its history. Dubai (AFP) - Bahrain on Sunday announced it has discovered the largest oil and gas field in the history of the small kingdom, which unlike its Gulf neighbours is not energy-rich.

"The new resource is forecast to contain highly significant quantities of tight (light crude) oil and deep gas, dwarfing Bahrain's current reserves," said the country's Higher Committee for Natural Resources, which is chaired by Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad.

Bahrain currently has only one oilfield with several hundred million barrels of crude reserves.The field was the first to be discovered in the Gulf and the first to start production.

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Not Energy-Rich Bahrain Discovers Largest Oil And Gas Field In History

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GERARD PIQUE HAS PERFECT ANSWER TO REAL MADRID NOT PERFORMING GUARD OF HONOUR FOR BARCELONA

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GERARD PIQUE HAS PERFECT ANSWER TO REAL MADRID NOT PERFORMING GUARD OF HONOUR FOR BARCELONA

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Sports April 8 2018

To close these short, but important news, we go with the sport, It's close to getting a new title the Barcelona team. Gerard Piqué has responded in brilliant fashion to the news that Real Madrid will not be performing a guard of honor for Barcelona.
It is missing 4 matches before the end to get to the classic that will be on May 5 and take the title.

Pero Zinedine Zidane no descarta la posibilidad de que su bando desempeñe una guardia de honor para sus rivales cuando se reúnan.

At the same time; Pique sarcastically replied: "I won't be able to sleep at night..."

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PRUITT'S EPA SHOULD NOT HAVE PAID FOR BUSTED CONDO DOOR, CONGRESSWOMAN SAYS

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PRUITT'S EPA SHOULD NOT HAVE PAID FOR BUSTED CONDO DOOR, CONGRESSWOMAN SAYS

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Apr 5, 2018
Rep. Betty McCollum has a strong opinion about the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to reimburse the owners of Administrator Scott Pruitt’s rented Capitol Hill condo for the cost of a busted door – and not just because she sits on the subcommittee that oversees the EPA’s budget.

McCollum, a Minnesota Democrat, owns a condo downstairs and was on hand when Pruitt’s protective detail broke down the door because they could not reach him – an episode that occurred a year ago, but only came to light in an ABC News report last week.

“I know that Congress appropriates money for the EPA to protect human health and the environment – not for repairs to the administrator's residence,” McCollum wrote in a letter to the EPA this week demanding answers.

McCollum asked Pruitt if he has reimbursed the agency for the door broken down by his security detail at his condo last year. The repairs cost $2,460, according to sources familiar with the payment EPA made to a Capitol Hill condo association.

Pruitt was renting a room at the time for $50-per-night from the wife of a veteran Washington lobbyist, J. Steven Hart, with energy company clients, ABC News reported last week. Pruitt has defended the arrangement in interviews this week, saying it was blessed by EPA ethics officials. Hart said in a statement said he did not lobby the EPA in 2017 or 2018.

McCollum said she wants to know more about the reimbursement and is asking the EPA to specify which funds in the agency’s budget were used to fix the door.

She was at home on March 29, 2017, when Pruitt’s security guards, concerned that the administrator was unresponsive, summoned Capitol Police to the scene.

"I heard this pounding [on the door] and I thought somebody was working on a fence," McCollum recalled in a phone interview. "The pounding just kept going and going."

When McCollum was unable to help them find a key to access Pruitt’s unit, local law enforcement called by Pruitt’s detail and Capitol Police broke down the door to the condo.

Pruitt was inside, where he had been taking a nap, two sources tell ABC News.

"If it was a private citizen and a 911 called happened, it would be the homeowner in the majority of cities that would be responsible," McCollum said about the EPA's payment to fix the door.

EPA spokesman Jahan Wilcox told ABC News the agency "will respond to Congresswoman McCollum through the proper channel."

McCollum is also in the process of writing a second letter to the EPA raising questions about reports that Pruitt circumvented the White House to provide raises to two staffers using a provision of the Safe Water Drinking Act. In an interview with Fox News Wednesday, Pruitt said he didn't know that the aides' salaries were raised, did not approve of the move, and had acted to reverse the decision.

"It is not to be used as a slush fund to give favored employees raises," she said of the funds.

ABC News' Stephanie Ebbs contributed to this report.

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Presentado por: David Fernando Navarro

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Presentado por: Camila Antonia Rincón

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KENTUCKY TEACHERS SHUT DOWN SCHOOLS AFTER PUBLIC PENSION OVERHAUL

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KENTUCKY TEACHERS SHUT DOWN SCHOOLS AFTER PUBLIC PENSION OVERHAUL

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March 30, 2018
Public schools closed in at least 25 Kentucky counties on Friday as teachers staged a quasi-strike after legislation was passed that would overhaul the state pension system.
Kentucky teachers called in sick or absent to protest the legislation, which passed mostly along party lines on Thursday night. The closures affected schools across the state, including in its two largest school districts: Jefferson County Public Schools in Louisville and Fayette County Public Schools in Lexington. More than one-third of all school employees in Lexington called out of work, the Fayette County school district said.

Kentucky’s public pension system is among the worst funded in the nation. Gov. Matt Bevin (R) has prioritized reforming it since he was elected in 2015, and Republicans have taken up the issue since gaining control of both houses of the state legislature in 2016.

Teachers and public employees have fought the proposed changes, which have included transitioning new hires into a “hybrid” system that more closely resembles a 401(k). They argue that such changes would lead to steep cuts to their retirement systems and could violate their contracts with the state.

Educators have spent weeks protesting the proposed pension plans and appeared to have derailed any potential reform earlier this week as Kentucky’s 2018 legislative session drew to a close.

But on Thursday afternoon, Republicans tucked many of their proposed changes into a piece of legislation relating to public sewage. And after mere hours of debate, both state legislative chambers approved the bill in late-night votes, with the state Senate voting around 10 p.m. to send the bill to Bevin’s desk.

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PROTESTER SPORTS CHILLING GRIM REAPER OUTFIT DURING MARCH FOR OUR LIVES RALLY IN WASHINGTON DC

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PROTESTER SPORTS CHILLING GRIM REAPER OUTFIT DURING MARCH FOR OUR LIVES RALLY IN WASHINGTON DC

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March 24th 2018
One creative protester arrived at the March for Our Lives rally against gun violence in Washington, D.C., on Saturday sporting a chilling outfit and carrying a sign with a blunt message.
The unidentified activist was photographed wearing a head-turning grim reaper costume, complete with a long black robe, a scythe and a sign that touts the message, "Death thanks Trump, Pence, the NRA ... for all the extra business."

Hundreds of thousands of activists, including students, parents, teachers and more, are set to descend on the Capitol on Saturday in wake of the deadly mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas that revived the national conversation surrounding gun control.

Seventeen students and faculty members were killed in the Parkland, Florida, attack, while 14 others were injured.

Multiple students who survived the massacre immediately became vocal in their demands for stricter gun control laws, launching the #NeverAgain movement shortly after the attack unfolded.

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Presentado por: Jenny Jimena Bohorquez Rodríguez

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FIRST IMAGE OF WRESTLEMANIA 34 SET REVEALED AS WWE PREPARE FOR ‘SHOW OF SHOWS’ IN NEW ORLEANS

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FIRST IMAGE OF WRESTLEMANIA 34 SET REVEALED AS WWE PREPARE FOR ‘SHOW OF SHOWS’ IN NEW ORLEANS

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April 5, 2018

Here's something to whet wrestling fans' appetites - the first picture of the set for WrestleMania 34.
The image, leaked on social media, shows the famous squared circle beginning to take shape.

It was taken inside the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, where the 'Show of Shows' will take place this weekend.

Builders are busy constructing the enormous and incredibly detailed set ahead of the event billed as The Greatest Spectacle in Sports Entertainment.

On Saturday, April 8, it will host Roman Reigns challenging Brock Lesnar for the WWE Universal Championship.

In might even be the best WrestleMania in WWE history, with the returns of legends, debuts of megastars and potential surprises.