It only took them a couple months but the Guardian finally realized Machado isn't quite the angel they thought.

Writers are boycotting the Hay festival in Colombia to protest Machado's invitation.

“Given the grave moment of escalating imperial violence, it is better to withdraw from a festival ... which has decided to invite someone who dedicated a peace prize to the fascist responsible for these crimes”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/16/hay-festival-maria-corina-machado

#machado #hayfestival #colombia #peaceprize #venezuela #guardian

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It only took them a couple months but the Guardian finally realized Machado isn't quite the angel they thought.

Writers are boycotting the Hay festival in Colombia to protest Machado's invitation.

“Given the grave moment of escalating imperial violence, it is better to withdraw from a festival ... which has decided to invite someone who dedicated a peace prize to the fascist responsible for these crimes”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/16/hay-festival-maria-corina-machado

#machado #hayfestival #colombia #peaceprize #venezuela #guardian

Colombia bans all new oil and mining projects in its Amazon biome, which covers 42% of the nation’s territory.
#colombia #environment #climate #ClimateChange

https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/11/colombia-bans-all-new-oil-and-mining-projects-in-its-amazon/

"As the world's most beautiful hummingbird, I have posed for you, and it is now your duty to take my photo"-- a modest & unassuming male Blue-throated Starfrontlet

#Hummingbird #Bird #Birding #Photography #BirdPhotography #Nature #Outdoors #Colombia #PhotoMonday

Colombia bans all new oil and mining projects in its Amazon biome, which covers 42% of the nation’s territory.
#colombia #environment #climate #ClimateChange

https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/11/colombia-bans-all-new-oil-and-mining-projects-in-its-amazon/

"As the world's most beautiful hummingbird, I have posed for you, and it is now your duty to take my photo"-- a modest & unassuming male Blue-throated Starfrontlet

#Hummingbird #Bird #Birding #Photography #BirdPhotography #Nature #Outdoors #Colombia #PhotoMonday

Dazzling Harlequin Poisonous #Frogs 🐸💚 of #Colombia 🇨🇴 are sensitive to noise 🎶📢 Their rainbow colours 🌈 make them #rainforest works of art! ✨🎨Critically Endangered by #mining and #palmoil #BoycottGold 🥇🩸⛔️ #BoycottPalmOil 🌴☠️⛔️ @palmoildetect https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/03/20/harlequin-poison-frog-oophaga-histrionica/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Feeling exhausted, #Durango family arrested by #ICE signs paperwork for self-deportation

https://www.cpr.org/2025/11/20/durango-family-signs-self-deportation-paperwork-ice/

> A Durango family arrested by ICE last month has signed paperwork for self-deportation to #Colombia, according to an immigrant advocate close to the family.

> “(The father is) hurt and angry and done believing promises,” said Liza Tregillus, a member of the Apoyo Immigrant Partprotester. She was referring to Fernando Jaramillo Solano, who, along with his 12-year-old daughter and 15-year-old son, was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during a traffic stop around 7:30 a.m. Oct. 27 while driving to school.

> Meanwhile, Durango City Council passed a resolution this week asking Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District delegation to investigate federal immigration agents who arrested the family and clashed with protesters

Dazzling Harlequin Poisonous #Frogs 🐸💚 of #Colombia 🇨🇴 are sensitive to noise 🎶📢 Their rainbow colours 🌈 make them #rainforest works of art! ✨🎨Critically Endangered by #mining and #palmoil #BoycottGold 🥇🩸⛔️ #BoycottPalmOil 🌴☠️⛔️ @palmoildetect https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/03/20/harlequin-poison-frog-oophaga-histrionica/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

RE: https://en.osm.town/@seav/115558221483409735

Eres Colombiano o vives en #Colombia y participas en la comunidad #OpenStreetMap allí? Nos interesa tu opinión sobre si la Asociación de Cartografía Colaborativa de Colombia (AC3) es adecuada para convertirse en una sede oficial de la OSM Foundation. Si resulta positiva, la AC3 se convertiría en la segunda sede oficial latinoamericana* después de Argentina.

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RE: https://en.osm.town/@seav/115558221483409735

Eres Colombiano o vives en #Colombia y participas en la comunidad #OpenStreetMap allí? Nos interesa tu opinión sobre si la Asociación de Cartografía Colaborativa de Colombia (AC3) es adecuada para convertirse en una sede oficial de la OSM Foundation. Si resulta positiva, la AC3 se convertiría en la segunda sede oficial latinoamericana* después de Argentina.

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RE: https://en.osm.town/@OSM_Colombia/115558043217224773

If you’re Colombian or in #Colombia 🇨🇴 and part of the #OpenStreetMap community there, we would really appreciate if you can give your opinion on whether Asociación de Cartografía Colaborativa de Colombia (AC3) is fit to become an official local chapter of the OSM Foundation. If successful, AC3 will become the second Latin American chapter after Argentina.

Based on the testimonies of 40 men who were detained at #CECOT, as well as interviews with 150 other people—including lawyers & relatives in #Venezuela, #Colombia, & the US—it paints a damning picture of the abuses inflicted at CECOT.

The #Venezuelans were released in July and returned to their country of origin as part of a prisoner swap deal. Shortly after their release, 3 of the men told MJ that they faced severe #abuse.

#Trump #law #immigration #Rendition #HumanRights #DueProcess #torture