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Colombia throws 2 dissident rebels out of peace process

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Venezuelan Opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president of Venezuela Juan Guaido sits during a weekly session at the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Sept 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos

Venezuela’s Guaidó refutes allegations of paramilitary ties

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In this Feb. 14, 2019, file photo, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela. Maduro ordered on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, Venezuela's military to hold exercises along the border with Colombia, accusing the neighboring nation's president of plotting an attack as tensions mount between the two South American countries. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Venezuela starts military exercises along Colombia border

By SCOTT SMITH and LUIS ALONSO LUGO - Associated Press

Colombia's President Ivan Duque waves upon his arrival for a meeting with leaders of several South American nations that share the Amazon, in Leticia, on Colombia's Amazon river border with Brazil and Peru, Friday, Sept. 6, 2019. Presidents and representatives from several countries in South America's Amazon region met to discuss a joint strategy for preserving the world's largest rain forest, which has been under threat from a record number of wildfires. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Colombia threatens to denounce Cuba as sponsor of terrorism

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4 Colombian soldiers reported killed in ambush by drug gang

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Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump’s daughter and White House adviser, stands with Colombia's Vice President Martha Lucia Ramirez during an event at the General Santander National Policy Academy in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. Ivanka Trump added a stop in Colombia to a previously announced trip to South America in September to focus on the economic empowerment of women in developing countries. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Ivanka Trump visits Colombia to promote women in business

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump’s daughter and White House adviser, right, stands with Colombia's Vice President Martha Lucia Ramirez at the General Santander National Policy Academy during an event with female police cadets in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. Ivanka Trump added a stop in Colombia to a previously announced trip to South America in September to focus on the economic empowerment of women in developing countries. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Ivanka Trump kicks off South America trip promoting women

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Mayoral candidate killed in Colombia in likely rebel attack

By CESAR GARCIA - Associated Press

Edwin Corchawin, a 22-year-old former rebel of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) cuts his hair in Icononzo, one of many rural camps where rebel fighters are making their transition to civilian life, in the Antonio Narino demobilization zone in Colombia, Friday, Aug. 30, 2019. Commanders with Colombia’s once largest rebel army are urging their former fighters to rearm, accusing the government of falling short in implementing the 2016 peace accord that ended Latin America’s longest-running conflict. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

An uneasy peace for ex-Colombia rebels after call to arms

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 27, 2019 file photo, leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), sit before former guerrillas as they lead the FARC's National Congress where they launched their political party in Bogota, Colombia. The top peace negotiator for the FARC announced Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, that he and a cadre of hardline supporters are taking up arms again, accusing President Ivan Duque of failing to uphold the accord that sought to end a half century of bloody fighting. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)

Colombian rebels’ rearming ups pressure for Maduro

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

A timeline of Colombia’s 55-year rebel conflict

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FARC leader Luciano Marin accuses Colombian President Ivan Duque of failing to uphold peace deal

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Banana plants deliberately killed in order to stop a fungus from spreading, by the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA), stands on a farm near Riohacha, Colombia, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. So far, the fungus has been detected on six farms in Colombia. All are located in La Guajira, a province near the border with Venezuela. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Banana industry on alert after disease arrives in Colombia

By MANUEL RUEDA and CANDICE CHOI - Associated Press

Acting U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan speaks during a meeting with Central American and Colombian security ministers, in Panama City, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. McAleenan is in Panama to discuss drug trafficking and migrant smuggling, though he says he isn't seeking any specific agreement during the visit. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

US-Central America talks focus on drug, migrant trafficking

By JUAN ZAMORANO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2018 file photo, Venezuelan migrants line up for free bread and coffee, donated by a Colombian family from their car, at a gas station in Pamplona, Colombia. A United Nations special envoy warned on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, that the international community is falling short in helping nations like Colombia respond to the massive exodus of Venezuelans. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

UN envoy: International aid for Venezuelans falls short

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Luz Marina Monzon, director of the missing person's unit, left, and Jaime Alberto Parra, an ex-combatant of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, take part in a presentation on information on those disappeared during the nation's civil conflict, in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019. A special unit tasked by Colombia’s peace process to search for the thousands who disappeared over more than five decades of conflict will analyze the information and work with authorities to try and locate remains. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Colombia ex-rebels join quest to find nation’s missing

By CÉSAR GARCÍA - Associated Press

PSG's Neymar, third left, runs with teammates during a training session at Camp des Loges in Saint Germain en Laye, outside Paris, France, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

After missing Copa América, Neymar to play Brazil friendlies

By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA - Associated Press

In this Aug. 5, 2019 photo, canaries that were caged by animal traffickers sing in their cages in a quarantined area of a wildlife center before being freed in Bogota, Colombia. Songbird competitions have been a pastime throughout the Caribbean for centuries, but trapping wildlife without a license is a crime in Colombia. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Songbirds silenced as Colombia fights wildlife trafficking

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

Colombia antitrust regulator fines Uber for blocking probe

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Two members of Colombia´s air force hang from a cable under a helicopter flying a Colombian flag, before plunging to their deaths when the cable snapped during the mid-air stunt at the Medellin Flower Fair in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Luis Benavides)

Colombia airmen plunge to death wrapped in flag during stunt

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