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Couple left the US in search of American dream and now they are helping others do the same

A couple who moved from Colorado to Ecuador six years ago under serious financial hardship has built a business assisting other Americans realize their dreams of living abroad. “I would say that we’ve helped at least a thousand people if not considerably more, and the number is growing,” JP Stonestreet …

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Faces of ancient mummies, hidden for centuries, finally revealed through digital reconstructions

Researchers recently unveiled the faces of ancient Colombians who lived hundreds of years ago. Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) in the United Kingdom announced in an August press release that specialists in its Face Lab were able to digitally extract face masks from corpses found in the Cordillera Oriental region …

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Colombia recalls US ambassador after Trump calls its leader 'illegal drug leader,' threatens military action

Colombia has recalled its ambassador to the United States amid rising tensions between the two nations and comments by President Donald Trump about the South American country’s leader. Colombian Foreign Minister Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio Mapy announced the move Monday. “The ambassador of Colombia to the United States, Daniel García-Peña, has …

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Scientists solve centuries-old mystery of how Easter Island's massive Moai statues got there

The mystery of the Moai stone heads has eluded onlookers for centuries — and now, researchers say they finally know how they got there. The statues, which were carved and placed on the South Pacific’s Easter Island between the 12th and 17th centuries, have puzzled travelers since the first European …

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Trump calls Colombia’s Petro ‘a drug leader,’ says US aid will end payments

President Donald Trump on Sunday said he will halt financial aid and subsidies to Colombia, citing the South American country’s failure to curb its growing cocaine production. Trump called Colombian President Gustavo Petro “an illegal drug leader” and accused him of “strongly encouraging the massive production of narcotics” across the …

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US sanctions Colombian president and family over drug trafficking allegations

The Trump administration’s Treasury Department on Friday sanctioned Colombian President Gustavo Francisco Petro, along with his wife, son and a close associate, accusing the group of being involved in the global illicit drug trade. The action was taken under a Biden administration executive order targeting foreigners involved in the drug …

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US carries out 8th strike on alleged drug vessel, this time in Eastern Pacific, Hegseth says

The U.S. military carried out another strike on a suspected drug vessel, this time in the Eastern Pacific, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday. The strike Tuesday against a boat allegedly carrying drugs is the eighth conducted by the Trump administration. The previous seven happened in the Caribbean. “Yesterday, …

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Trump doubles down on Colombia crackdown, calls Petro ‘lunatic,’ vows to end all US payments over drugs

President Donald Trump on Sunday doubled down on his criticism of Colombia, calling its far-left president, Gustavo Petro, a “lunatic” and the “worst president they’ve ever had” as he reiterated his vow to cut off all funding to the Latin American country over its cocaine production. Trump’s incendiary comments came …

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Trump's beef import plan ignores key issue squeezing American cattle ranchers

While President Donald Trump’s proposal to import more beef from Argentina is billed by the administration as a way to bring down prices for American consumers, critics say it misses the real issue driving costs at the grocery store: corporate concentration in the U.S. meatpacking industry. Four corporations — Tyson, …

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