Colombian writers discuss blending earnestness with humor, creative influences at Northwestern symposium

Northwestern’s Department of English hosted three authors for the Colombian Writers Symposium in the Block Museum of Art on Wednesday. Julián Delgado Lopera, Gloria Susana Esquivel and Melissa Lozada-Oliva read excerpts of their work, then...

Colombia can plant

CANPACK Group will invest around $140m into its second major beverage can project in Columbia. The facility will have the installed capacity of approximately one billion aluminium can bodies per year and it is set to create around 160 jobs. CEO of...

‘When I pass piles of fishing nets, I see piles of money’: a one man recycling revolution on the Cornish coast

Ian Falconer kept thinking about the heaps of discarded plastic fishing nets he saw at Newlyn harbour near his home in Cornwall. “I thought ‘it’s such a waste’,” he says. “There has to be a better solution than it all going into landfill.”...

Colombia regula gestión de riesgos ambientales, sociales y climáticos en entidades financieras

[co-author: Juan José Salazar Tejada] Por medio de la Circular Externa 015 de 2025 (CE), la Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia (SFC) impartió instrucciones con el fin de que las entidades vigiladas identifiquen y gestionen riesgos...

Putumayo’s women guardians defend land and culture amid Colombia’s deforestation

In Colombia southwest, Kamëntšá and Inga Indigenous women are at the forefront of the struggle to defend their territory, which provides water to the rest of the Putumayo. Through transmitting their language, cultivating traditional farms, sharing...

What we learned from using data to improve gender equality, fight climate change, and tackle corruption in public procurement

Public procurement, a cornerstone of government spending, presents transformative opportunities to address systemic challenges. With support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), OCP documented six case studies over the past...

UN warns Colombia over mercury contamination in Atrato River, calls crisis a human rights emergency

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The United Nations warned that mercury contamination from illegal gold mining in Colombia’s Atrato River basin has created a “serious and ongoing human rights crisis,” threatening the health and survival of Indigenous and...

Colombian Chocolate Maker Tackles EU Deforestation Rules Through Traceability Push

Cordillera Chocolate and industry intelligence platform CocoaRadar will host a webinar on October 29 examining how traceability systems can transform cocoa supply chains beyond mere regulatory compliance. The 90-minute online session comes as...

Colombia vs. Canada Match Rescheduled Amid Storm Warnings

HARRISON, New Jersey — The Colombian Football Federation announced a change in schedule for the friendly match between Colombia and Canada on Tuesday, October 14. The game, originally set to start at 7:00 p.m., will now kick off at 7:30 p.m. due...

From Colombia to Florida: Latinos Salon & Barber

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Forty years ago, Janeth Roldan left Colombia in search of opportunity and a better life for her mother. Not long after arriving in the U.S., she discovered a passion for barbering. Chasing her American dream, Roldan...

In picturesHyena shot wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest

A “haunting” image of a hyena in a mining ghost town that took a decade to capture has won this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest. The shot was selected out of a record-breaking 60,636 images submitted to this year's competition....

Biodiversity loss due to land use change could be highly underestimated: Study

New research carried out in Colombia by the University of Cambridge suggests that local surveys assessing the effect of land clearances on biodiversity may be underestimating the impact by as much as 60%. To fully understand the effects of...

Colombia Aims for Victory Against Canada in Friendly Match

HARRISON, New Jersey – Colombia faces Canada in an international friendly at Red Bull Arena on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. The match is a crucial warm-up for both teams ahead of the 2026 World Cup. Canada enters the game after a disappointing 1-0...

Sonesta’s Strategic Alliance with AKEN Hotels & Resorts Expands to Colombia

NEWTON, MA – Sonesta International Hotels Corporation (Sonesta) today announced the addition of a Colombian hotel to its distribution channels as part of its strategic alliance with AKEN Hotels & Resorts (AKEN). Effective immediately, the Bio...

Hit-style shooting of Venezuelan activists in Colombia fuels fear of wider persecution by Maduro

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Cuban president congratulates the island’s environmentalists

3 Miguel Díaz-Canel, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, celebrated the receipt of the BSAP Reverse the Red 2025 award, granted by the International Union for Conservation of...

Colombia vs Canada Predictions, Picks & Odds for Tuesday’s International Friendly Match

Photo By - Imagn Images. Luis Diaz of Colombia celebrates a goal during a 2026 World Cup warm-up match. Canada and Colombia hook up in an International Friendly fixture at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey, on Tuesday, October 14. The...

Carbon credits are failing to help with climate change — here’s why

Achieving the global temperature targets set in the Paris climate agreement requires deep, rapid cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions, and therefore the swift phase-out of fossil fuels. Many factors stand in the way. One of the most pernicious is...

The women looking after the elderly in Colombia also need care

It is 4.45 in the morning, and Sandra Moreno is already up. She moves quietly, so as not to wake her parents, quickly gets ready, and steps out into the traffic of Bogotá, bound for the adult care centre where she has been working for three years....

COP30 in Brazil Aims for a United Front Against Climate Change

Brazil is set to host the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) from November 10 to 21 in the Amazonian city of Belém, facing a major challenge: uniting the world around continued climate action despite mounting global crises —...