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Left-leaning Gustavo Petro is the frontrunner in Colombias presidential elections, as the conservative country grapples with COVID-19 and rising poverty rates.

Photo: MinDefensa After four days of protests across Colombia against President Iván Duque and the government’s proposed legislation to overhaul the country’s taxation system, on Sunday afternoon, President Duque ordered Congress to remove the Reforma Tributaria to draft a new proposal based on political “consensus.” At the beginning of the first full working day of a week that enters mandatory quarantine as of 8 pm Thursday, Finance Minister Alberto Carrasquilla handed in hi...

Secretary of state rex tillerson has been dismissed, v.a. secretary david shulkin who has not been able to move past accusations that he has been misusing taxpayer money or department staffers for things like family trips to europe or personal errands. and white house sources have indicated to fox news that energy secretary rick perry has been mentioned as a possibility as a replacement for shulkin at the v.a. although the president and perry had lunch two days ago and there was apparently never...

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