A tiny but debilitating enemy is stalking Colombian soldiers as they hunt for Marxist rebels deep in the jungle: the sand fly, which carries a parasite that causes the flesh-eating disease called leishmaniasis.
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At the Pacific Alliance meeting in Colombia, the presidents of Costa Rica and Guatemala said they hoped to join the bloc within months
The four nations of the Pacific Alliance — Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Peru — are holding a summit in Colombia Thursday. Can the bloc turn into the regional juggernaut it aspires to be?
As coffee-leaf rust sweeps through Central America and Mexico, Colombian farmers are just beginning to emerge from their own battle with the blight. But will the lessons they’ve learned also be useful in Central America?
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