ARTICLES BY MANUEL RUEDA
Colombia brings back lockdowns as coronavirus cases rise
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — As the holiday season winds down, Colombia is experiencing a sharp rise in coronavirus infections that has prompted several cities to impose curfews and stay at home measures that had not been implemented for months.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
Boat with more than a dozen migrants sinks off Colombia
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Rescue workers in Colombia were searching for five migrants missing after their boat carrying 16 people sank as it tried to reach Panama. Two bodies have been found.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
Boat with more than 20 migrants sinks off Colombia's coast
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Rescue workers in Colombia are trying to locate more than 20 migrants whose boat sank as it tried to reach Panama.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
Peru reaches 1 million confirmed coronavirus infections
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru passed 1 million confirmed cases of coronavirus infection Tuesday, becoming the fifth nation in Latin America to report that number as the region struggles with the pandemic’s economic and health effects.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Peru reaches 1 million confirmed coronavirus infections
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru passed 1 million confirmed cases of coronavirus infection Tuesday, becoming the fifth nation in Latin America to report that number as the region struggles with the pandemic’s economic and health effects.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Gardening helps kidney patients in Colombian hospital
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — For the past seven years, Lionel Cifuentes has been coming to Bogota’s El Tunal Hospital three times a week to get treatment for his dysfunctional kidneys. Now he has another reason to visit a place that has become so familiar to him it feels like a …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Electric wheelchair tours show Colombian city from new angle
MEDELLIN, Colombia (AP) — Wilson Guzmán lost the use of his legs at age 17 when he was shot in the back while trying to recover a stolen bicycle in his hometown of Medellin, Colombia.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
"Toothless Cindy" raps on Colombian buses to make ends meet
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — With her pink cardigan and thick glasses, “Toothless Cindy” is becoming a musical sensation on Colombian public transport.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
"Toothless Cindy" raps on Colombian buses to make ends meet
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — With her pink cardigan and thick glasses, “Toothless Cindy” is becoming a musical sensation on Colombian public transport.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
"Toothless Cindy" raps on Colombian buses to make ends meet
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — With her pink cardigan and thick glasses, “Toothless Cindy” is becoming a musical sensation on Colombian public transport.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
"Toothless Cindy" raps on Colombian buses to make ends meet
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — With her pink cardigan and thick glasses, “Toothless Cindy” is becoming a musical sensation on Colombian public transport.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Pandemic forces Colombia family to live in banquet hall
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Jamer Gonzalez used to organize about nine weddings, birthday parties or company lunches each month at his banquet hall in a working class district of Colombia's capital, earning enough to live comfortably and send his two eldest daughters to college.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Pandemic forces Colombia family to live in banquet hall
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Jamer Gonzalez used to organize about nine weddings, birthday parties or company lunches each month at his banquet hall in a working class district of Colombia's capital, earning enough to live comfortably and send his two eldest daughters to college.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
