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Could the US oil blockade snuff out the Cuban cigar?

Since January, the Trump administration has blocked foreign oil to Cuba. Will the island’s cigars survive the crisis?

A Havana local smokes a cigar on the Malecón - the city’s waterfront area. Both domestically and abroad, Cuban cigars are becoming an increasingly rare luxury. [Euan Wallace/ Al Jazeera]

‘I need to leave’: Cuba’s tourism workers reel from US oil blockade

From taxi drivers to tour guides, the collapse of Cuba’s tourism industry has left thousands struggling to get by.

A tour guide in downtown Havana

Colombia’s Petro accuses Ecuador of bombing near border

Leaders of Colombia and Ecuador trade allegations after Gustavo Petro says 27 charred bodies found on country’s border.

two soldiers stand on an airstrip with a helicopter in the background

Small but mighty: Colombia’s Muslim community celebrates Ramadan

Colombia’s Muslims comprise less than 0.2 percent of the population in a country that is majority Catholic.

Sheikh Ahmad Qurtubi at an Islamic centre in Colombia

Colombia’s EGC suspends Doha peace talks over Petro-Trump meeting

The criminal group suspended talks in response to reports that the US and Colombia would target its leader for arrest.

Gustavo Petro gestures while speaking at the Colombian Embassy in Washington

Colombian lawmaker among 15 killed in plane crash near Venezuela

The plane vanished near Colombia’s eastern border, and the search was hindered by dense terrain and adverse weather.

FILE - In this June 4, 2008 file photo, a police plane sprays herbicides over coca fields in El Tarra, in the Catatumbo river area, near Colombia's northeastern border with Venezuela. Colombia will resume using weed killer to destroy illegal coca crops less than a year after suspending its use due to cancer concerns. Defense Minister Luis Carlos Villegas said on Monday, April 18, 2016, that instead of dumping glyphosate from American-piloted crop dusters, the herbicide will now be delivered manually by eradication crews on the ground. (AP Photo/Luis Robayo, File)

Colombia braces with alarm after Maduro’s removal in Venezuela by US

Colombia could face its own turmoil from the stunning turn of events both in violence and a mass influx of refugees.

Venezuelans leaving their country arrive at the border crossing in Cucuta, Colombia, on January 3, 2026, after US forces had captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro after launching a "large scale strike" on the South American country. (Photo by Schneyder Mendoza / AFP)

US officially labels Colombia’s EGC group a ‘terrorist organization’

Analysts warn US ‘terrorist’ designation of the EGC could escalate violence and hinder peace negotiations in Colombia.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to traveling journalists at the John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada [File: Mandel Ngan/AP]

Last foreign carriers halt flights to Venezuela after Trump’s airspace ban

Copa, Wingo, Satena and Boliviana halt Venezuela flights, citing navigation signal issues and safety concerns.

epa12569851 A view showing Copa Airlines aircraft at Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, Panama, 04 December 2025. Panama's Copa Airlines announced that it is temporarily suspending flights to and from Caracas 'due to intermittent problems with one of the navigation signals'. EPA/BIENVENIDO VELASCO

Colombian court sentences Alvaro Uribe’s brother to 28 years in prison

A panel of three judges found Santiago Uribe guilty of homicide and criminal conspiracy for his ties to paramilitaries.

Santiago Uribe