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UNBELIEVABLE: Cali - The Untold Story

Meet the venture capital and crypto billionaires quietly bankrolling the fight against California's wealth tax

Campaign finance records show at least four billionaires quietly funding the opposition—and the fight is only growing stronger

Fortune

Colombia Faced Its Strongest Earthquake In Recent History. Now Those Impacted Need To Rebuild.

The quake destroyed or damaged scores of buildings in cities including Cali, Pereira, Manizales, and Quibdó.

International Business Times

Venezuelan Family Escapes Devastating Earthquakes, Only to Meet Another in Colombia Seven Weeks Later

Two Venezuelan brothers lost their mother in a deadly quake, fled to Colombia for safety — and survived the country's worst quake in decades.

Latin Times

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California’s billionaires just poured $40 million into blocking a wealth tax that threatens to force them to pay 5% of their net worth

Billionaires have amassed a nine-figure war chest to defeat Proposition 40 as polls show California voters are nearly split on the one-time tax.

Fortune

‘Only idiot startup founders stay in Cali’: Mark Cuban rips Ro Khanna on billionaire tax—reveals a rift between Democrats and their wealthy supporters

The business mogul fired shots at the Democratic economic patriot over concerns of taxing young startup companies out of California.

Fortune

Inside the Mexico-Colombia Earthquake Rescue Brigade Dispute — Certified But Not Cleared

Colombia's death toll holds near 290 as recovery begins, while a certification dispute over a Mexican rescue brigade still strains ties with Bogotá.

Latin Times

Photos, memories all that remain for Colombia's bereaved after quake

CALI (COLOMBIA) - In Torres del Limonar, a Cali residential complex that collapsed in Monday's earthquake, people pick through rubble to recover victims' belongings and return them to grieving families.

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As machinery removes rubble, hopes for survivors from Colombian quake dwindle

CALI (COLOMBIA) - The noise of backhoes, cranes and bulldozers echoed across Colombia's quake-hit cities on Sunday as workers labored to remove rubble, though the chance of finding survivors was slim a week after the disaster.

Bangkok Post

Colombia's new president asks Trump to suspend tariffs after deadly earthquake

Colombia's President Abelardo de la Espriella on Saturday called on US President Donald Trump to suspend tariffs on the South American nation as the country contiues to reel from a deadly earthquake. At least 300 people were killed in the quake that devastated the western Colombian cities of Cali and…

France 24

Mark Cuban Warns California Wealth Tax Could Drive Billion-Dollar Startups Out of State: ‘Ideology Is Not a Strategy’

Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban warned Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) that a proposed 5% wealth tax on California billionaires could discourage investment and push high-value startups and their founders out of the state.

Benzinga

Doral's Colombians Are Raising Thousands for Earthquake Relief. Some Can't Legally Go Deliver It Themselves

Colombia's earthquake killed 265+. In Doral, some Colombians raising relief funds can't legally go home to bury their own dead.

Latin Times

As Colombia's Earthquake Toll Passes 285, New President De La Espriella Is Tested Barely a Week Into the Job

Colombia's earthquake toll has climbed to 285 as President De la Espriella faces his first crisis and Miami's Colombian community mobilizes aid.

Latin Times

In quake-hit Cali, ‘hugs here’ station brings comfort amid rubble

In quake-hit Cali, residents find comfort at a “hugs here” station, as Andres Solomon and volunteers share solidarity while rescuers clear rubble.

Euronews

Colombia earthquake: Dog rescued alive as 72-hour window closes

Colombia rescuers treated a dog pulled alive from earthquake rubble in Cali on Thursday, as emergency teams made a final push to find survivors before the critical 72-hour window closed.

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Bangkok Post

'Dream come true': Owners reunite with pets in quake-hit Colombia

CALI (COLOMBIA) - A beaming Vickye Giraldo holds her rescued kitten tight against her chest outside her ruined home in quake-hit Cali, Colombia.

Latin Times

Colombia Earthquake Death Toll Hits 265 as Cali, Pereira Hospitals Buckle

Colombia's earthquake toll stands at 265 dead, 496 missing. See verified city-by-city figures, hospital strain and the aid pouring in from four countries.

Latin Times

"The Person I Was Helping Is No Longer Here": Colombians Abroad Face Anguish After Earthquake

More than 48 hours after the tragic event, the Colombian government has confirmed at least 265 people have died and nearly 500 remain missing, although civilian-run databases put that number much higher, at more than 4,100.

Latin Times

MAP of Affected Area: Two Days After Colombia's Biggest Quake in Decades, Casualty Count Continues to Climb

Two days after Colombia's strongest quake in a century, rescuers race the clock while death tolls from four different sources refuse to match.

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Euronews

Colombia declares three days mourning for quake victims as EU pledges assistance

The quake overwhelmed parts of the health system, turning the rescue effort into one of Colombia's largest disaster responses in years.

Bangkok Post

Colombia declares three days mourning for quake victims

BOGOTá - Colombia on Wednesday declared three days of mourning for victims of an earthquake that demolished buildings in the west of the country, killing more than 200 people.

France 24

Colombia declares three days of mourning as search for quake survivors continues

Colombia on Wednesday declared three days of mourning after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake killed more than 200 people in the west of the country. Monday's quake was the strongest to hit Colombia this century, and the search for survivors under the rubble is ongoing.

The Times of India

'Heard a whisper': Baby rescued from rubble 48 hours after Colombia earthquake - video

A baby was rescued alive from the rubble of a collapsed residential building in Cali, Colombia, nearly 48 hours after a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the country, as rescuers entered the third day of search operations on Wednesday. The infant was found along with a trapped man after a faint…

Euronews

Moment Cali hospital collapses after powerful Colombia earthquake

A 7.4 quake in Colombia partially collapsed the Hospital Universitario del Valle in Cali on Monday, forcing patients outside as rescuers search for hundreds feared trapped.

Euronews

Colombia: Rescuers search for survivors after 7.6 magnitude earthquake kills 216 people

As rescuers search through the rubble for survivors, volunteers join to help clear the wreckage. People brought water and food to the victimes and lined up in front of blood donation centres.

Latin Times

A Quake Interrupts a New Presidency's First Week; Colombia Declares National Disaster as Cali Locks Down

Colombia declared a national disaster after a 7.4 earthquake killed at least 250 people; Cali imposed a curfew and Washington pledged $15.5 million in aid.

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