By John Otis Gustavo Petro faces fierce opposition from what he views as Colombia’s deeply conservative deep state. (Image credit: Jaime Saldarriaga) Source: It’s not easy being Colombia’s 1st left-wing president
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By Jessica Baker MULTIPLE cars appear to have been damaged after a packed plane passing overhead lost a wheel mid-flight. Shocking video showed the moment the tyre dropped from the sky and smashed into vehicles on the ground in San Francisco. A United Airlines jetliner bound for Japan made a safe landing in Los Angeles […]
By Julie Turkewitz and Nathalia Angarita Two centuries after independence from Spain, many Colombians still use “sumercé,” meaning “your mercy” as an everyday address. Source: Colombia’s Special Word for ‘You’ Category: Bogota (Colombia), Customs, Etiquette and Manners, Language and Languages, Music, Colonization, Cortes, Hernan (1485-1547), Sanin, Carolina