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Pope FrancisColombian President Gustavo Petro declared Thursday that his government does not recognize Peru’s sovereignty over Santa Rosa Island, a disputed Amazonian territory near the tri-border zone with Brazil. Speaking from Leticia, the Colombian city facing the island, Petro accused Peru of violating the 1934 Rio de Janeiro Protocol, which ended a war between the two nations and established river-based boundaries. RELATED:Brazilian Indigenous Women Ma…See the Story
Colombia Reafirms Sovereignty Over the Santa Rosa Island - teleSUR English
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Gustavo Petro · ColombiaSupporters of Colombian ex-president Alvaro Uribe march in the capital, Bogota, after a court turned down his request to be granted temporary freedom while appealing his sentence of 12 years' house arrest. Uribe, Colombia's president from 2002 to 2010, was convicted of attempting to bribe witnesses in an investigation into his links with paramilitaries. The 73-year-old, who remains highly popular among Colombian conservatives and with the admini…See the Story
Supporters Of Colombian Ex-President Uribe March Following Sentence
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