Colombian president's son arrested in money laundering probe (www.bbc.com)
The son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro has been arrested for money laundering and illicit enrichment by the country’s attorney general....
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The son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro has been arrested for money laundering and illicit enrichment by the country’s attorney general....
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How do we keep getting the absolute worst people in charge of every disaster.
People gathered to demand government accountability, while others marched up to the house of the mayor and started a fire....
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Working in the sweltering heat of the Brazilian Amazon, Jose Diogo scales a tree and harvests a cluster of black berries: acai, the trendy “superfood” reshaping the world’s biggest rainforest, for better and worse....
Blinkered Blinken. USA Land of the free, my bollax