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World

Mexico Has Tequila. Peru, Pisco. In Colombia, a Push for Viche, Now Legal.

September 19, 2022September 19, 2022Genevieve Glatsky and Julie TurkewitzComments Off on Mexico Has Tequila. Peru, Pisco. In Colombia, a Push for Viche, Now Legal.

Invented by formerly enslaved people, viche, a cane sugar liquor, was long banned, a sort of Colombian moonshine. Now, it’s a symbol of the country’s often ignored Afro-Colombian culture.

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Colombia’s First Black Vice President Spotlights Afro-Caribbean Fashion

August 6, 2022August 7, 2022Julie TurkewitzComments Off on Colombia’s First Black Vice President Spotlights Afro-Caribbean Fashion

The wardrobe of Francia Márquez, Colombia’s first Black vice president, is the creation of a young designer at the center of an Afro-Colombian fashion explosion.

World

He Promised to Transform Colombia as President. Can He Fulfill That Vow?

June 20, 2022Julie Turkewitz and Genevieve GlatskyComments Off on He Promised to Transform Colombia as President. Can He Fulfill That Vow?

During his campaign, Gustavo Petro proposed major reforms if he was elected. After winning Sunday’s presidential election, he’ll now have to prove he can carry out those changes.

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Gustavo Petro Wins the Election, Becoming Colombia’s First Leftist Leader

June 19, 2022Julie TurkewitzComments Off on Gustavo Petro Wins the Election, Becoming Colombia’s First Leftist Leader

The former rebel and longtime senator’s victory sets the third largest nation in Latin America on a sharply new path.

World

Francia Márquez Has Just Become Colombia’s First Black Vice President

June 19, 2022Julie TurkewitzComments Off on Francia Márquez Has Just Become Colombia’s First Black Vice President

Ms. Márquez’s biting analysis of social disparities cracked open a discussion about race and class in a manner rarely heard in the country’s powerful political circles.

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Colombia Will Soon Have Its First Black Female Vice President. Will It Be Her?

June 17, 2022June 19, 2022Genevieve GlatskyComments Off on Colombia Will Soon Have Its First Black Female Vice President. Will It Be Her?

A few months ago, Marelen Castillo was a top director of a Catholic university. Now, she is one of two Afro-Colombian women who could become the country’s next second in command.

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U.S. Military Kills Four More People Accused of Smuggling Drugs on Boats

October 29, 2025October 29, 2025Helene Cooper and Robert Jimison

Judge Cuts Greenpeace Dakota Access Pipeline Award in Half

October 29, 2025KAREN ZRAICK

Hundreds Killed in Massacre at Sudanese Hospital, W.H.O. Warns

October 29, 2025October 29, 2025DECLAN WALSH

Police Raid in Rio de Janeiro Leaves Over 130 Dead

October 29, 2025October 29, 2025Ana Ionova

Chinese Officials Heap Praise on Trump and Xi Before They Meet

October 29, 2025Lily Kuo

The Warnings Before the Hurricane

October 29, 2025KATRIN BENNHOLD

Geert Wilders’s Party for Freedom Loses Seats in Dutch Election

October 29, 2025October 29, 2025Claire Moses and Jeanna Smialek

As Trump Weighs Sale of Advanced A.I. Chips to China, Critics Sound Alarm

October 29, 2025October 29, 2025Ana Swanson and Tripp Mickle

Four Decades After It Was Stolen, a Renaissance Treasure Returns to Rome

October 29, 2025October 29, 2025ELISABETTA POVOLEDO

In Jamaica, Hurricane Melissa Brought ‘ Unprecedented Devastation’ U.N. Official says

October 29, 2025October 29, 2025Farnaz Fassihi
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