The World News – Bogotá Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia — Colombian authorities unlawfully detained, tortured, and used lethal weapons against peaceful protesters during the demonstrations that have swept the country since April, said a new report from Amnesty International. Through an “exhaustive digital verification” of images and videos, Amnesty also confirmed that National Police officials permitted acts of violence and urban paramilitarism by armed civilians against demonstrators and human rights activists. The protests, which reached their peak…

When Zamalloa started off as a porter, she doubted her ability. The night before her first trek she didn’t sleep. To top it off, she felt ill when she showed up for her first day of work, either from food poisoning or nerves – or both. “I didn’t think she was going to make it,” Góngora said. “She was throwing up.” “I said, ‘Yes, I’m going to make it,'” Zamalloa…

Bolivia’s Lake Poopo was once a fountain of life for local inhabitants, who fished from its teeming waters and farmed along its banks. Now it is a desert. Scientists say the one-time lake, which sprawls across Bolivia’s sun-drenched, high-altitude altiplano, has fallen victim to decades of water diversion for regional irrigation needs. And a warmer, drier climate has made its recovery increasingly unlikely. “It’s like a perfect storm,” says Jorge…

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis responded Wednesday to a White House attack from President Biden, who demanded he and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott “help or get out of the way” of administration efforts to mitigate the coronavirus. On “The Ingraham Angle“, DeSantis said Biden is being disingenuous in blaming conservative governors who have refused to engage in widespread socioeconomic restrictions in regard to COVID mitigation, because the president continues to…

Asia-Pacific stocks mixed; Chinese online gaming stocks come under pressure again  CNBC…

Greece is facing one of its worst heatwaves in decades and the country remains on high alert as it continues to battle blazes across the country. Heat warnings have also been issued for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Italy, Romania, Serbia and Turkey. Deadly wildfires have swept across parts of Turkey in recent days and forced the evacuation of tourist resorts. Residents of the Greek capital, Athens, have been warned to…

CORRECTION (Aug. 4, 2021, 21:45 UTC): An earlier version of this article said Sartori’s bill would treat crypto as legal tender. The lawmaker later said it would only allow businesses to accept crypto as payments. A senator from Uruguay has introduced a bill to allow businesses to accept cryptocurrencies as payments and regulate their use within the South American country. The bill, which was presented on Tuesday by Sen. Juan…

Former South African president will be allowed out of jail to attend the case in person. Former South African President Jacob Zuma will be allowed out of jail next week to attend a long-running corruption case in person rather than by video link. The hearing, scheduled to resume in the southeastern city of Pietermaritzburg on August 10, “shall proceed in an open court”, Judge Piet Koen said on Wednesday. Zuma,…

Venezuela Election Negotiations Set to Begin Next Week in Mexico  Bloomberg…

Offshore drilling in Guyana, mainly by ExxonMobil, has in the past years unearthed more than 9 billion barrels of oil equivalent, making Guyana a place to be when it comes to deepwater exploration, and as of December 2019, production, with multiple FPSOs planned for deployment in the coming years. Explorers in nearby Suriname have been hoping to replicate Exxon’s Guyana successes, and have recently to some degree succeeded, with Apache…