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Colombia
I can’t tell you how many times someone has said to me: ‘You’re Irish! I’ve always wanted to visit Ireland. Is it really so green?’
‘As the new world invited those of us with unusual names in, and as this country accepted me, I welcome my Venezuelan deliverers to this world where they find themselves – Colombia’
‘I met my husband at a bus stop in Colombia’
A Kilkenny woman fell in love with Medellín, where she now runs a tour company with her husband
Ambassador of Nowhere: A Latin American Pilgrimage - inquisitive journeying
Richard Gwyn blends memoir, cultural travel and political history
Venezuela’s neighbours struggle to respond to crisis following disputed election
There are few means to pressure Nicolás Maduro’s dictatorial regime that is once again ramping up domestic repression
An Irish man in Colombia: ‘I miss Dunnes, but shopping here is a welcome step back in time’
Lush Colombian markets have won the heart of this Galway man
Climate victims testify at inter-American rights court in historic case
AMERICAS-CLIMATE JUSTICE/ (ANALYSIS):ANALYSIS-Climate victims testify at Americas rights court in historic case
An Irishman in Colombia: How my one-year adventure has turned into almost 15
Christopher Burke says his choice of where to live has baffled both his abroad and Colombian friends
The demon dementia has made me uncertain about the net benefit of being around my mother
When your parents enter their twilight years, particularly when one of those parents is dealing with dementia, emigrant offspring can face conflicts
From Tip to Top: The Journey of a Lifetime, From Chile to Alaska is an inspiring and absorbing read
Peter Murtagh delivers a pacey, age-defying ride along the Pan-American Highway
Sinn Féin is this island’s best resourced political party, the beneficiary of a legacy of barbarism
The effects of the Provisional movement’s fundraising campaign are still visible in Irish politics, north and south
Tánaiste begins five-day visit to Mexico and Colombia aimed at strengthening relations between countries
Micheál Martin says he plans to raise issue of the global drugs trade during trip
Colombia’s leader promised ‘total peace’. Then violence surged
Former guerrilla Gustavo Petro’s strategy criticised as security vacuum allows kidnappings and extortion to soar
Time Out says Smithfield’s the second-coolest place on the planet. It’s not even the second-coolest place in Dublin 7
Time Out has form on this, having previously named Phibsborough as the 27th coolest place. So what’s it playing at?
Cocaine seized on cargo ship off Cork likely supplied by Colombia’s Clan del Golfo cartel
Leader of Clan del Golfo cartel sanctioned on Tuesday by same American agency that imposed sanctions on Kinahan cartel leaders last year
How the narcotrafficking industry seized power in Ecuador
The assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio has highlighted the country’s worsening problem with gangs and drugs
Amazon nations fail to reach agreement on zero deforestation by 2030
Eight nations call on industrialised countries to do more to help preserve world’s largest rainforest
Amazon nations summit faces fault lines over oil and deforestation
Debate over drilling for oil near mouth of Amazon sparks fierce infighting in Lula’s seven-month-old government
‘I felt out of place and isolated. My English and accent didn’t mix well’
New to the Parish: Liliana Montoya, who moved here from Colombia in 2009, works as a dance instructor in Co Leitrim
Latin American universities embrace ChatGPT despite cheating fears
Third-level institutions reluctant to regulate generative artificial intelligence, seen as way to transform education
‘This may gain us respect’: The Indigenous Guard members who rescued Colombia’s missing children
The long-marginalised civilian patrol played a key role in finding the four children lost in the Amazon jungle following a plane crash
Children rescued from Colombian jungle recovering as details of ordeal emerge
The four siblings have been brought to Bogotá to receive medical care
Smurfit Kappa in mediation over contested Colombia land
Campaigners claiming indigenous communities in Colombia have historic right to Smurfit Kappa land target agm for second year as mediation gets under way
‘The people with guns . . . they are all around us’: Colombia’s struggle with armed groups
President Gustavo Petro has promised to bring peace, but the sheer number of rival armed groups and gangs has left him struggling
Tip2Top in northern Colombia: In a small town, migrants pursue the dream of a new life in North America
This year, over 360,000 will trek to Panama to progress their dream. This truly epic human drama begins on a beach in Necoclí – the latest stop in my journey up the Americas
Tip2Top leaving Ecuador: Border crossings can be strange places at the best of times. This one is definitely on the weird side
I have left Ecuador and have technically entered Colombia, as my passport proves, but my bike has not – or at least not legally
Colombia grants legal status to 1.7m Venezuelan migrants
UNHCR says move is most important humanitarian gesture in the region in decades
Carlo Ancelotti confident that James Rodríguez’s best years lie ahead at Everton
Colombian star says he had no hesitation when asked to join club by his former boss
As England fans go wild, Southgate speaks the unspeakable
For the first time, England boss is happy to talk about the possibility of going all the way
John Stones labels Colombia the ‘dirtiest team’ he has faced
Defender believes South American side were lucky not to have players sent off
‘Spot-Pick hero’: Back pages after England’s penalty joy
Hype levels going up and up after England finally won on penalties at the World Cup
England ‘don’t want to conform to what’s gone before’
Gareth Southgate says the team are making their own history at this year’s World Cup
Ken Early: Streetwise England a further step along the road
Harry Maguire’s performance summed up how Gareth Southgate’s side has grown up
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