Escobar, a narco-terrorist who was killed in a shootout in 1993, was the leader of the infamous Medellín Cartel and over decades of drug-trafficking became one of the world’s leading cocaine barons. Wednesday’s court decision came after EUIPO previously refused to accept the registration as Escobar’s name, and what the European public associates with it, … Read more
It was caffeine-free. With alcohol-free cocktails and meat-free hamburgers all the rage, decaf does not seem such a strange proposition. Photo: Shutterstock “It completely opened my eyes to decaf,” Zhang recalls. He decided to use the beans, a basic typica variety from Finca Los Nogales in Colombia, in his coming appearance in Rancho Cucamonga at … Read more
Most would agree – there’s something glamorous about arriving at a hotel by speedboat, whether it’s a glittering five-star property or a tented camp. So a thrilling start to a stay at Casa en el Agua in Colombia’s San Bernardo archipelago in the Caribbean Sea is guaranteed – because the only way to reach this hostel … Read more
THIS is the heartwarming moment a woman who was kidnapped as a child is reunited with her family an incredible 52 years after she was first abducted. Aura Guerrero León was just a four-year-old girl when she was snatched from the streets of Bogota, Colombia in 1972. 5 The moment Aura Guerrero León was reunited … Read more
Fire is sucking the life out of parts of the Amazon rainforest. In Roraima State, in northern Brazil, the number of fires in February were more than five times the average, according to data from Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research, and blazes continued to burn through March. “We are losing the Amazon rainforest. These … Read more
The team from the Geological Agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) took samples of natural hydrogen gas found in One Pute Jaya Village, Morowali Regency, Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, 23 October 2023. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images A global gold rush is underway for a long-overlooked resource that advocates say … Read more
Located off the coast of Colombia sits the world’s most crowded island, where more than 800 people are crammed into a 2.4-acre patch. Santa Cruz del Islote is a manmade outcrop and it was established by local fishermen in the 19th century as a base from which to cast their nets. But over the years, … Read more
Coach trips can be a great way to see more on holiday with new scenery unfolding outside your window. But what if the journey covers thousands of miles… still tempted? Here we reveal some of the world’s most arduous bus services that might leave you scratching your head as to who would be. From a … Read more
Another growing concern is the age of the people working in illicit markets. Gangs in Marseille are increasingly hiring adolescents as police spotters or to sell drugs, leading to children killing one another with Kalashnikovs. Authorities in the ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam have caught scores of adolescents who were paid to extract cocaine loads … Read more
By Astrid Suarez and Manuel Rueda | Associated Press BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Migrants bound for the U.S. are once again crossing the Darien Gap in large numbers, officials in Colombia said on Monday, after being stranded for much of last week in a small town along the country’s Caribbean coast due to a work stoppage … Read more
