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US pauses tariffs on Colombia after deal on deportations

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The Trump administration said on Sunday night it was pausing punitive tariffs against Colombia after its leader agreed to grant entry to US military flights deporting migrants. The announcement appeared to head off […]

Science

Three from Panama, three from Colombia

Matisia aquilarum, found in Panama’s Chagres National Park, was named in reference to the presence of a harpy eagle nest in the tree. Credit: STRI Herbarium Botanists José Luis Fernández-Alonso, of the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid, and Ernesto Campos, research technician at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama, have named six new […]

Politics

COP16 biodiversity summit, Cali, Colombia: A groundbreaking new plan to make companies pay for DSI

CALI, Colombia — In the face of extreme and accelerating wildlife declines, government officials from nearly every country have agreed to a groundbreaking new deal meant to funnel more money and other resources into conservation, especially in poor regions of the world. If it works, the deal — finalized Saturday morning at a United Nations […]