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10.08.26 - 16:45
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7.4 Mega Quake Rocks Colombia, Widespread Damage Reported (ZeroHedge)
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7.4 Mega Quake Rocks Colombia, Widespread Damage Reported
A little more than six weeks after twin earthquakes devastated neighboring Venezuela, killing thousands, a magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday morning, damaging buildings and injuring people near the epicenter in Chocó province.
Bloomberg reported that the quake was recorded at 7:34 a.m. local time near San José del Palmar. Chocó Governor Nubia Córdoba reported major structural damage in the provincial capital of Quibdó.
Footage posted on X shows widespread damage:
?? TERREMOTO EN COLOMBIA ??
Daños enormes en Pereira y varias ciudades del país tras potente terremoto de magnitud 7,4.
?? | COBERTURA ININTERRUMPIDA.
?? | AHORA en @AlertaNews24. pic.twitter.com/PydNenQcVu
— Alerta News 24 (@AlertaNews24) August 10, 2026
?? TERREMOTO EN COLOMBIA: Video muestra colapsos de edificios en Cali. pic.twitter.com/xTBPmS3ylz
— Alerta Mundial (@AlertaMundoNews) August 10, 2026
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10.08.26 - 04:15
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"Narco-Socialist Rats Better Start Running": Colombia′s Trump-Backed "El Tigre" Launches Major Offensive Against FARC (ZeroHedge)
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"Narco-Socialist Rats Better Start Running": Colombia's Trump-Backed "El Tigre" Launches Major Offensive Against FARC
Trump-backed Colombian President Abelardo De La Espriella wasted no time putting his law-and-order agenda into high gear, launching a major military offensive against Marxist FARC dissidents days after taking office on Friday.
"The new government's kinetic approach is already underway in southwestern Colombia," local outlet Colombia One wrote on Sunday.
The report continued, "A military operation is currently unfolding against the FARC dissidents led by alias' Ivan Mordisco' in the department of Cauca. The combats are heavily concentrated in the rural area of El Tambo, where initial reports indicate that at least five members of the dissident structure have been killed."
De La Espriella announced on Sunday evening that Colombia and the United States are strengthening their strategic alliance:
Colombia and the United States s...
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09.08.26 - 03:48
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Trump-Backed "El Tigre" Takes Power In Colombia As Right-Wing Wave Sweeps Americas (ZeroHedge)
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Trump-Backed "El Tigre" Takes Power In Colombia As Right-Wing Wave Sweeps Americas
Colombia entered a new political chapter as Trump-backed President Abelardo de la Espriella was sworn into office Friday, pledging to reverse much of former President Gustavo Petro's nation-killing socialist agenda and to restore law and order, a free market economy, and relations with the United States.
? AWESOME! New Trump-endorsed Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella is GOING OFF after his inauguration into office, he's now preparing to work closely with 47 to decimate the drug traffickers
This is a HUGE shift from left-wing former President Petro
Espriella is ready… pic.twitter.com/QrdmH0IgLm
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 7, 2026
Known by his nickname, "El Tigre" (the Tiger), De la Espriella's inauguration marks one of the most significant political shifts in Latin America in recent years. After four years of former President Petro's socialist experiment, which ...
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