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Business News | ONGC Overseas Energy Portfolio Spans Russia, Latin America, MEA and Asia
Latestly
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August 30, 2025
New Delhi [India], August 30 (ANI): ONGC's overseas energy portfolio spans key regions including Russia, Latin America, the Middle East & Africa (MEA), and Asia, reflecting the company's broad international presence in oil and gas exploration and...
Despite pledge, Colombia still has ways to expand Amazon oil exploration
Mongabay
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August 29, 2025
The Colombian government has “shelved” some oil blocks in the Amazon, but they can be reactivated at any time, critics warn. Even though it promised to stop issuing new exploration licenses as part of its clean energy transition, the government...
Networknewsbreaks Esgold Corp. (CSE: ESAU) (OTCQB: ESAUF) Featured In Networknewsaudio Release On Colombia Joint Venture
MENAFN
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August 29, 2025
(MENAFN- Investor Brand Network) ESGold (CSE: ESAU) (OTCQB: ESAUF) is featured in a new NetworkNewsAudio release titled“Colombia's Hidden Gold: How Modern Tech Can Unlock Millions from Legacy Mine Waste.” The segment highlights ESGold's binding...
Colombia Secures Release Of 33 Soldiers Kidnapped By Armed Civilians
Arise News
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August 29, 2025
Nearly three dozen Colombian soldiers who were abducted by armed civilians in the country’s southeast have been freed, Defence Minister Pedro Sánchez confirmed on Thursday. The soldiers, 33 in total, were kidnapped on August 25 during an operation...
Mexico declares sargassum a fishery resource for industrial use
United Press International (UPI)
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People walk past sargassum clumps on the sand in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, in July. Mexico has declared sargassum from the Caribbean a “fishery resource with development potential,” allowing its collection in the open sea and opening the...
Verano Energy secures financing for 83MW/660MWh solar-plus-storage project in Chile
PV Tech
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August 29, 2025
The project is expected to begin its commercial operation by the end of 2026. The capacity generated by the project will be provided to Chilean gas provider Abastible, under a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA). The Domeyko project will...
AXA and WTW team up on parametric cover in Colombia
Life Insurance International
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August 29, 2025
A coalition comprising AXA Colpatria, AXA Climate, Fondo Acción and WTW Alternative Risk Transfer has developed a parametric insurance programme to safeguard the marine ecosystem. The programme targets the Colombian Archipelago of San Andrés,...
Colombia’s Peace Needs Stricter Juvenile Laws for Heinous Crimes
LatinAmerican Post
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August 28, 2025
Seven years for a 15-year-old who pulled the trigger on Miguel Uribe Turbay is not justice. It is permission. In a country chasing peace, such leniency risks normalizing political assassination and teaching armed groups that the cost of murder is...
Vietnam’s coffee industry spots opportunity amid rising global prices
VietnamPlus
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August 29, 2025
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - As global coffee prices surge, Vietnam's coffee industry is presented with a significant opportunity to expand its export market share, industry insiders say. A recent study by the Food and Agriculture Organization noted that...
Argentina’s Rei Pictures Expands to Spain and Mexico, Drives Into TV, Talent Management. Production Services (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety
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August 29, 2025
Rei Pictures, one of Argentina’s most international-facing production companies is launching a major international expansion that includes new offices in Spain and Mexico and a push into TV, talent management and production services. Formerly...
Colombia proposes overhaul of Cerrejón Railway
International Railway Journal
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August 28, 2025
A major expansion to connect with the existing national network and the introduction of passenger and agricultural rail freight services is mooted. The Cerrejón railway is essential to the Colombian economy. COLOMBIA’s president, Gustavo Petro,...
Việt Nam’s coffee industry spots opportunity amid rising global prices
Vietnam News Agency
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HÀ NỘI — As global coffee prices surge, Việt Nam's coffee industry is presented with a significant opportunity to expand its export market share, industry insiders say. A recent study by the Food and Agriculture Organization noted that coffee...
GAT Expo CDMX 2025 Academy: Regulation, innovation, regional unity drive Latin American industry agenda
Yogonet International
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August 28, 2025
The Latin American gaming industry held a major event yesterday, when the GAT CDMX Academy became the meeting point and prelude to the GAT Expo CDMX trade show. At the Expo Santa Fe Convention Center, according to official data, over 300 attendees...
The Return To Cali: Reconnecting With My Colombian Roots At The World’s Largest Afro-Latin Festival
Essence
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August 28, 2025
El Petronio Álvarez Festival is the largest Afro-Latin music festival in the Spanish-speaking world. It’s a place where pañuelos (handkerchiefs) wave proudly, melanin flourishes in every shade, and the drums carry us back across the Atlantic to a...
Teenage assassin sentenced to 7 years for killing Colombia senator Uribe
Latin America Reports
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August 28, 2025
The 15-year-old hitman responsible for killing Colombian senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe received a 7 year sentence on Wednesday. The teenager, who will be interred at a “specialized care center”, was tried under the Childhood and...
The 10 candidates who vie to become the left’s presidential candidate in Colombia’s 2026 elections
Colombia Reports
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August 28, 2025
Colombia’s ruling left-wing coalition, Pacto Historico, has put forward 10 candidates who will compete in the primary ahead of the 2026 elections. The names put forward include multiple allies of the current President Gustavo Petro, former...
Newnan Rotary Club welcomes Colombian student through GRSP program
The Newnan Times-Herald - Georgia
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The Newnan Rotary Club officially welcomed this year’s Georgia Rotary Student Program (GRSP) scholar, Gabriela “Gaby” Gomezese Rugeles of Bucaramanga, Colombia, during a recent presentation. Rugeles, 18, is studying film and video production at...
Colombia launches antitrust investigation over Apple's App Store policies
AppleInsider - New York
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Colombia has launched an investigation into Apple's App Store policies. Colombia has become the latest country to accuse Apple of anticompetitive practices, alleging that contractual clauses prevent developers from creating or distributing apps...
Colombia joins the list of countries probing Apple over App Store antitrust concerns
9to5Mac
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August 27, 2025
From the United States to the United Kingdom, from Brazil to Japan, and in many countries in between, Apple has been facing a series of antitrust probes, particularly over its App Store rules. Now, Colombia is also joining in. Here are the...
Huila Colombia’s Non-Mining Exports Surge 50% to $624.2 Million USD in First Half of 2025
Finance Colombia
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August 28, 2025
Among the nine departments that have the most weight in the export basket of non-mining energy goods in Colombia, one stands out because it had the highest growth in the first half of the year. This is Huila, which, although it represents 4.9% of...