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The 180-day cease-fire will go into effect Aug. 3 following what was agreed upon in the third round of talks that took place in Havana, Cuba.
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Top of The World: The CDC and the FDA are recommending a pause on the single-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine over blood clot concerns. And, the Japanese government announced it will start releasing tons of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the ocean. Also, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg expressed the alliance’s support for Ukraine on Tuesday follow a recent build up of Russian troops on...
When Monica Nadira Angulo heard two loud explosions, she thought they were just firecrackers, commonly heard throughout Colombia in the holiday season. Angulo, 11 at the time, was playing with friends in the La Playita neighborhood of Buenaventura, which juts up against the Pacific Ocean. When she turned, she saw a boy pointing a gun at her. She didn’t realize what was happening until he fired a shot, sending Angulo and her friends running into the nearest house. Since then, Angulo, who is now 19, says that violence has been a constant in her life in Buenaventura. The level of violence has ...
Buenaventura, Colombia – Gisela Diaz, 40, bursts into tears as she recalls the years of violence and discrimination she and her LGBTQ friends have endured in their troubled city. “The situation is very difficult [for LGBTQ people] here in Buenaventura,” says Diaz, who identifies as a lesbian. A main Afro-Colombian port city on Colombia’s western coast, Buenaventura has long been considered one of the most violent places in the country. It was here the “casas de pique” (Spanish for chop houses) operated, where armed groups would dismember victims and dispose of their bodies in the ...