Deportees from Venezuela, Cuba, and Colombia arrived in Liberia as the West African nation agreed to accept up to 1,200 foreign nationals from the US over the next year.
Ten days after a powerful earthquake struck western Colombia, an estimated 1.2 million people need humanitarian assistance, while some communities have still received little or no aid, UN agencies said on Thursday.
A 7.4-magnitude Colombia earthquake killed at least 289 people as the U.S. State Department maintains a Level 3 travel advisory due to crime, terrorism and kidnapping.
Recovering from the devastating earthquake that hit Colombia earlier this month will be particularly challenging for Choco, a remote region that has long struggled with high poverty rates, poor infrastructure and underfunded health and education ...
In a story published Aug. 16, 2026, The Associated Press reported that Colombia's president called the earthquake a natural disaster. He declared it a national disaster.