Colombia’s Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo said his government is planning to help up to 50 Palestinian children from Gaza who have lost limbs by bringing them to Colombia and providing them with #prostheses.
Under the programme, the children, aged between 12 and 15 years, would be flown from Egypt to #Colombia alongside a family member or guardian, where they would spend six months in treatment and rehabilitation.
A group of spectacled #caiman test the water in Buenaventura, #Colombia. All in all, 74 animals were released as part of a ‘celebration for life and natural species’
From Pablo to Osama: Trafficking and Terrorist Networks, Government Bureaucracies, and Competitive Adaptation by Michael Kenney, 2008
From Pablo to Osama is a comparative study of Colombian drug-smuggling enterprises, terrorist networks (including al Qaeda), and the law enforcement agencies that seek to dismantle them.
*Police murders of striking United Fruit workers at New Orleans port June 11, 1913
*CIA orchestrated coup in Guatemala, 1954, leading to decades of Genocide against Mayan people, all on behalf of United Fruit
*Death squad murders in Columbia, on behalf of Chiquita (which used to be called United Fruit)
"Those of us here in this foreign land we are equally human beings ... we feel pain and happiness. We hope we are received with warm human qualities and that we are treated like human beings," and then he added "God made us all."
Alejandro, a 50-year-old Colombian who had to flee after his father was killed.
The crackdown on Columbia University students by the NYPD was spearheaded by Rebecca Weiner, who is a faculty member of the school. Weiner, a Columbia professor, heads an NYPD intelligence division that operates an office in Tel Aviv.
Weiner attributed the need for the violent raid to the students' rhetoric.
Columbia University Gives Students Option To Finish Classes From Prison
Emphasizing that it was their only option amid the rampant protests that had erupted on campus, Columbia University announced Monday that it had given students the option to finish classes from prison. “Given the current political turmoil and the many safety hazards it poses, all current students will be permitted to complete their semesters from the New York penitentiary system,” said Columbia University President Minouche Shafik, adding that in light of recent events, all members of the community were encouraged to attend lectures virtually from the comfort of their dark, windowless, 6-by-8-foot cell. “While we wish we could continue in-person learning, the best way to keep our university safe is to allow students, faculty, and staff to complete the last few weeks of the school from behind bars. Also, should students need, they will be permitted to accept their diplomas virtually, regardless of whether they are in the back of a police van, at Rikers Island, or in solitary confinement somewhere off the grid.” At press time, Shafik added that any student who had been beaten to death could, if need be, also complete classes from their morgue.
Colombia's president says country will break diplomatic relations with Israel over war in Gaza | AP News
Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday announced his government will break diplomatic relations with Israel effective Thursday in the latest escalation of tensions between the countries over the Israel-Hamas war.
Petro again described Israel’s siege of Gaza as “genocide.” He previously suspended purchases of weapons from Israel and compared that country’s actions in Gaza to those of Nazi Germany.
“Tomorrow, diplomatic relations with the State of Israel will be broken … for having a genocidal president,” Petro said during an International Workers’ Day march in Colombia’s capital. “If Palestine dies, humanity dies, and we are not going to let it die.”
I know nothing of this fellow. It has no common name. A weevil person might be able to guess at its food from the size and shape of its gonzo snoot. I would guess flower buds perhaps.
Its wednesday again and here is yet another weevil I can't tell you anything about. It looks remarkably similar to two others that I've posted, but I'm pretty sure it isn't closely related to either of them. If you know who this is, please tell me. Hashtags are my best guess. If Gonzo were a weevil...
Here's a cute caterpillar doing its best to disrupt your feed. This is the Shag Carpet Caterpillar Moth (Prothysana sp.). As an adult, it is sorta a drab triangular brown thing, but as a larva, I find it resplendent. Its larval scales are way cooler than the adult ones.
Toribío, #Colombia
Mourners attend the wake of the #Indigenous leader Carmelina Yule Pavi, who was killed by rebels of the Estado Mayor Central. After her death, Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, suspended a ceasefire with the group.
🌍 La crisis climática afecta de forma desproporcionada a las mujeres en todo el mundo. Desde la agricultura hasta las catástrofes climáticas, las mujeres se llevan la peor parte de la degradación medioambiental. Es hora de reconocer esta injusticia y amplificar sus voces. (1/8)