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Oliver Griffin

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Americas|Business|Economy

Brazilian fund raising $176 million for loans to small cocoa producers

Four Brazilian organizations on Thursday launched a fund aiming to raise 1 billion reais ($176 million) by 2030 for loans to small cocoa growers in the South

Brazilian fund raising $176 million for loans to small cocoa producers
Americas|Environment|Political|World

Colombia deforestation in 2024 among lowest levels in 23 years, minister says

Deforestation in Colombia in 2024 is expected to have reached a higher level than during the previous year but is still forecast to be among the lowest levels in

Colombia deforestation in 2024 among lowest levels in 23 years, minister says
Americas|Crime|Political|US|World

Colombia migrants decry degrading treatment, but American dream remains for some

Colombian migrants deported from the United States in the early days of President Donald Trump's administration say they experienced degrading treatment, but some

Colombia migrants decry degrading treatment, but American dream remains for some
Americas|Crime|Election|Political

Ecuador banana heir Noboa seeks full presidential term to push on with crime crackdown

Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa is betting that his pledges to push crime-fighting initiatives begun under his truncated first administration and to tackle power cuts

Ecuador banana heir Noboa seeks full presidential term to push on with crime crackdown
Americas|Business|Economy|Political|US

Colombia avoids trade war with US as business community, citizens call for cooler heads

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro averted an economic disaster at the 11th hour after diplomats from his government

Colombia avoids trade war with US as business community, citizens call for cooler heads
Americas|Political|World

US, Colombia reach deal on deportations; tariffs, sanctions put on hold

The U.S. and Colombia pulled back from the brink of a trade war on Sunday after the White House said the South American nation had

US, Colombia reach deal on deportations; tariffs, sanctions put on hold
Americas|Election|News|World

Explainer-What security measures will Ecuadoreans vote on this Sunday?

Ecuadoreans go to the polls this Sunday to vote in a referendum put forward by President Daniel Noboa, who has asked voters to approve measures to

Americas|Crime|US

Fighting cocaine trafficking still a U.S. priority -official

Fighting the cocaine trade remains a priority for the United States even as it works to tackle more lethal, synthetic drugs like fentanyl, the director of the U.S.

Fighting cocaine trafficking still a U.S. priority -official
Americas|Environment|World

Colombia's Chiribiquete park to receive $1 million annually for at least 30 years

Colombia's parks agency, the Frankfurt Zoological Society and German fund Legacy Landscapes on Thursday launched a financial mechanism to fund Chiribiquete

Colombia's Chiribiquete park to receive $1 million annually for at least 30 years
Business

Colombia's Ecopetrol exploring participation in offshore wind auction

Colombia's majority state-owned energy company Ecopetrol is analyzing its potential direct participation in the Andean country's first-ever offshore wind auction,

Colombia's Ecopetrol exploring participation in offshore wind auction
Americas|Crime

Ecuador investigates eight reported extrajudicial killings during state of emergency

Ecuador's attorney general's office is investigating eight extrajudicial killings reported to have taken place during the country's most

Ecuador investigates eight reported extrajudicial killings during state of emergency
Americas

Operations to destroy illegal roads in Colombia's Amazon hit standstill, sources say

Government measures to destroy illegal roads in and around Colombia's Amazon rainforest are stalled, eight sources told Reuters, with one operation suspended

Operations to destroy illegal roads in Colombia's Amazon hit standstill, sources say
Americas|Environment|News|World

Colombia deforestation fell to 23-year low in 2023

Deforestation in Colombia fell 36% to a 23-year low in 2023, driven by declining environmental destruction in the Amazon region, the environment ministry said on

Colombia deforestation fell to 23-year low in 2023
Americas|Election|World

Venezuelans abroad say they are struggling to register to vote

Venezuelan migrants in South America and Europe say they have struggled to register to vote in their country's

Venezuelans abroad say they are struggling to register to vote
Americas|News|World

Colombia's economic segregation makes peace unattainable, UN envoy says

Colombia's peace efforts will not bear fruit while the Andean country is divided by social and economic strata comparable to India's caste system, a United Nations

Colombia's economic segregation makes peace unattainable, UN envoy says
Environment|News|World

Colombia deadliest country for environmentalists in 2023, rights group says

Colombia, host nation for this year's United Nations COP16 biodiversity conference, was the deadliest country for environmentalists and land rights defenders in

Colombia deadliest country for environmentalists in 2023, rights group says
Americas

Latin America gears up for clean hydrogen boom but the road is not smooth

Latin America's wealth of hydroelectricity and other renewable energy resources could make the

Latin America gears up for clean hydrogen boom but the road is not smooth
Environment|News|World

COP16 host Colombia pushes for unified climate and biodiversity pledges

Colombia wants to write a unified climate and biodiversity pledge, seeking to combine efforts to protect nature with those to tackle climate

COP16 host Colombia pushes for unified climate and biodiversity pledges
Americas|Environment

Colombia and Ecuador fight to save vital wetlands amid drought

Rural communities in the Andes of Colombia and Ecuador are fighting to protect fragile high-altitude

Colombia and Ecuador fight to save vital wetlands amid drought
Environment|Science|World

Countries must report nature protection plans to the UN. What does that mean?

Nearly 200 nations face a deadline to report their nature conservation plans to the United Nations ahead of a two-week U.N. nature summit dubbed

Countries must report nature protection plans to the UN. What does that mean?
Americas|World

What's on the agenda at the COP16 nature summit in Colombia?

During this month's U.N.

What's on the agenda at the COP16 nature summit in Colombia?
Environment|World

UN COP16 nature talks gridlocked as conservation funding trickles in

Countries were at an impasse over how to fund conservation and other key decisions as the U.N.

UN COP16 nature talks gridlocked as conservation funding trickles in
Americas|Crime

Ecuador's Indigenous defenders face growing threats, activists say at UN summit

Indigenous environmental defenders in Ecuador are suffering an increasing number of threats and sometimes deadly attacks amid spiraling violence in the

Ecuador's Indigenous defenders face growing threats, activists say at UN summit

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