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Canada retaliates against US tariffs as Trump threatens to double duties on cars
Ottawa rejected the deal proposed by Washington and announced retaliatory tariffs alongside a support plan for its industries. Donald Trump in turn threatens to double duties on Canadian cars, trucks and parts. More than 500 products already face 50 % tariffs. The value of exports affected varies: 20 billion dollars in most accounts, 28 billion according to the Canadian press.
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Colombia decrees a second state of emergency, economic and ecological, across 15 departments
On 19 August, Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella signed decree 1261, establishing a second state of economic, social and ecological emergency for thirty days across 15 of the country's 32 departments. Ten days after the magnitude 7.4 earthquake, the toll stands at 319 dead and reconstruction financing has become the central issue.
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Bashar al-Assad Sentenced to Death in Absentia in Damascus, the First Verdict Against Syria's Former Regime
On Tuesday, Damascus's Fourth Criminal Chamber sentenced Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia for war crimes and crimes against humanity — the killing of children, torture leading to death. His brother Maher and seven other officials were sentenced alongside him; only his cousin Atef Najib appeared in person. The verdict was read live on state television. Assad, living near Moscow since December 2024, has not been extradited.
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Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake in Colombia: National Disaster Declared Three Days After Espriella's Inauguration
At 7:34 a.m. on Monday, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia, with its epicentre in Chocó. Felt as far as Quito, Panama and Caracas, it collapsed Pereira's airport and damaged hundreds of buildings. The president, in office for three days, declared a national disaster. Depending on the newsroom, the toll runs from 111 to 138 dead — and more than 2,000 people are registered as missing.
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Explosive Attacks Mark Abelardo de la Espriella's First Day Leading Colombia
Sworn in on Friday at an army barracks in Cali, Colombia's new president saw his first day in office marked by two explosive attacks: a police officer killed by drones in Cesar, a toll booth destroyed in Cauca. By Sunday the Defensoría del Pueblo was counting attacks across eleven departments. Washington is pledging a billion dollars; Caracas reads it as a sign of its own turn to come.
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Abelardo de la Espriella sworn in as Colombia's president, in Cali not Bogotá
On 7 August 2026, millionaire lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella was sworn in for 2026-2030 before Milei, Kast, Noboa, Felipe VI and Infantino — but not Gustavo Petro. The ceremony was moved to Cali, the first speech delivered in a barracks, 11,000 personnel deployed. Fifteen countries describe the same man under fifteen different names: Trump ally, far-right president, anti-establishment outsider.
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Keiko Fujimori sworn in as Peru's president, vows the army against crime
Keiko Fujimori was sworn in on July 28 as president of Peru for 2026-2031, the first woman elected to the post. Before several Latin American heads of state, she announced deploying the armed forces against crime and a minimum-wage increase, in a deeply divided country.
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Colombia: president-elect De La Espriella breaks with Cuba and closes 14 embassies
Far-right president-elect Abelardo De La Espriella announces closing 14 embassies and severing ties with Cuba and Nicaragua, aligning Bogota with the Trump-Milei axis. His August 7 inauguration, moved to Cali, divides opinion, while Western coverage of the story remains nearly absent.
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US Court Sets June 1, 2027 for Nicolás Maduro's Drug-Trafficking Trial
Federal judge Alvin Hellerstein of the Southern District of New York set 1 June 2027 as the start of the trial of former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, charged alongside his wife Cilia Flores with narco-terrorism and drug trafficking. Maduro plans to challenge his immunity in November. The ruling revives debate over a US court's jurisdiction over a foreign former head of state and over Venezuelan sovereignty.
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Deadly double earthquake strikes Venezuela
A double earthquake hit Venezuela, killing around 3,600 people and injuring more than 17,000 according to the government toll. International rescue teams mobilised as thousands remained homeless and Caracas airport struggled to reopen.
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Venezuela Earthquakes: Toll Nears 2,000 as Rescuers Keep Searching
Six days after devastating twin quakes, Venezuela's death toll nears 2,000. Rescuers are still pulling survivors from the rubble, including a two-year-old boy, as overwhelmed hospitals fear disease outbreaks. A disaster read from Caracas to Beijing.
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