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‘Suicidal’ model of capitalism leading to war and fascism, climate summit told
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/29/capitalism-colombia-climate-summit-gustavo-petro
Published: April 29, 2026 10:00
Colombia president Gustavo Petro tells 57-country talks on a green energy transition that fossil fuel interests could destroy humanityThe world is threatened by a “suicidal” model of capitalism that is leading to war, fascism and the potential extinction…
Indian billionaire’s son offers to house Pablo Escobar’s hippos at his private zoo
Published: April 29, 2026 07:00
Anant Ambani revives offer to transport 80 animals, all descendants of Colombian drug kingpin’s pets, to IndiaIt remains one of the strangest conundrums in modern zoological history – what to do with the descendants of Pablo Escobar’s hippos?The animals –…
Middle East crisis could cost world $1tn while oil firms make ‘obscene’ profit, analysis finds
Published: April 28, 2026 11:00
Climate group calls for urgent windfall tax on excess fossil fuel profits, as delegates tell Colombia conference their nations are sufferingThe Middle East oil and gas crunch will impose as much as a trillion dollars of additional costs on the global…
Paul Black obituary
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/apr/27/paul-black-obituary
Published: April 27, 2026 16:22
My former colleague Paul Black, who has died aged 95, was an educationist known for playing a big part in developing the national curriculum for England, which was introduced in 1989 for primary and secondary schools.As chair of the Task Group on…
Bomb blast on Colombia highway leaves at least 20 dead ahead of May elections
Published: April 27, 2026 11:27
Dissident Farc faction blamed for attack on Pan-American Highway that also injured 36 people in south-western regionThe death toll in a weekend highway bombing in Colombia has risen to 20, with another 36 people injured, amid a surge of violence ahead of…
New global panel aims to accelerate move away from fossil fuels
Published: April 25, 2026 00:30
Scientists and economists will help countries develop plans to reduce dependence on oil, gas and coalA panel of global experts has been launched to provide scientific input for countries that want to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels and manage the…
How frustration at Cop stalemates inspires first global talks on phasing out fossil fuels
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/24/global-talks-ditch-fossil-fuels-colombia
Published: April 24, 2026 11:42
‘Coalition of the willing’ gathers in Colombia to try to bypass petrostate blockages of Cop summits and chart fresh pathThe world’s first Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels conference, co-hosted by Colombia and the Netherlands, takes place in Santa…
Migrants struggle back across Latin America after Trump shuts asylum door: ‘It’s hard to know what to do’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/23/latin-america-immigrants-trump-asylum
Published: April 23, 2026 12:00
US policy shift leaves 300,000 in limbo retrace perilous journeys south, searching for stabilityTwo small scars on either side of his left thigh remind Mario Torres of the worst day he has had during the two-plus years he has spent on the road…
Rainwater harvesting and eco-gardens: how one Colombian neighbourhood helped a whole city plan for climate change
Published: April 17, 2026 10:00
From rainwater harvesting to tree nurseries, communities in Medellín are taking steps to increase their landslide and flooding resilienceIn his home on a steep hillside in the neighbourhood of Golondrinas in Medellín, Róbinson Velásquez Cartagena stands…
Colombia convenes climate ‘coalition of the willing’ to break global fossil fuel deadlock
Published: April 17, 2026 08:00
Santa Marta conference born out of frustration at Cop summits, where renewable progress has been stalled by major pollutersEverybody knows fossil fuels cause climate breakdown, but until recently, mention of them was all but erased from the annual UN…
Colombia’s history-making VP blames racism for four years of frustration
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/16/colombia-francia-marquez-vice-president-racism
Published: April 16, 2026 06:00
Francia Márquez, the country’s first Black vice-president, opens up about the strains in her relationship with the president and the obstacles she has faced: ‘The Colombian state is a racist state’In the historic centre of Colombia’s capital, Bogotá, a…
Colombia to cull up to 80 hippos descended from Pablo Escobar zoo
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/13/colombia-hippo-hunt-pablo-escobar
Published: April 13, 2026 18:01
Dozens of feral pachyderms linked to drug kingpin to be killed because of threat to native species and villagersColombian officials have authorized a plan to cull dozens of hippos descended from animals brought to the country in the 1980s by Pablo Escobar,…
‘A story that needs to be told’: the Manacillos festival of Colombia – photo essay
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/apr/10/manacillo-festival-of-colombia-photo-essay
Published: April 10, 2026 11:00
Ever Andrés Mercado won a World Press Photo award for his work on the Manacillos festival, which takes place among the Afro-descendant community of Yurumanguí. Here he talks about the ancestral ritual and why it’s so importantEvery year, hundreds of…
#MeToo movement brings wave of harassment claims across Colombia
Published: April 7, 2026 13:22
Female journalists’ accounts of harassment trigger avalanche of allegations reaching as far as governmentJuanita Gómez was reporting on an international assignment for Caracol, a Colombian television channel in 2015, when an older colleague attempted to…