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[Catholic Caucus] WATCH: Massive earthquake during Latin Mass right at consecration A 7.4-magnitude earthquake in Colombia shook a chapel in the middle of the consecration. But the celebrant and faithful continued to pray calmly.A viral video shows Catholics continuing to pray calmly as an earthquake shook the church during a Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) at the chapel of Our Lady of Perpetual Help this week.During a daily TLM on August 10, a devastating 7.4-magnitude earthquake, the strongest quake recorded in the country during the 21st century, shook the chapel in the middle of the consecration. Despite the circumstances, the celebrant...

A Presidential Delegation, led by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, represented the United States at the August 7 inauguration of President Abelardo de la Espriella. The delegation demonstrates U.S. commitment to reinvigorating the U.S.-Colombia relationship and deepening of our shared security and economic partnership.

‘Significant casualties and damage are likely,’ according to the US Geological Survey. What we know so far • A 7.4 magnitude earthquake was recorded Monday in western Colombia, according to the US Geological Survey. • The epicenter was located in San José del Palmar, in the department of Chocó, about 280 kilometers (or about 173 miles) west of Bogotá. The tremor was felt strongly in the nation’s capital — alarms sounded, and in many buildings people evacuated to the streets as a precaution. • The governor of Colombia’s northwestern area of Chocó confirmed “there are injured people and severe damage...

Commissioner Ana María Archila was scheduled to meet with Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations, at 2 United Nations Plaza. The meeting between Archila and Iravani was called off after the State Department—which was not informed ahead of time—met with the Mamdani administration to clarify acceptable conduct. Commissioner Archila allegedly did not inform Mayor Mamdani of the meeting; she was reprimanded for the move and directed to cancel the meeting. The development is a continuation of Commissioner Archila and the Mamdani administration’s ongoing use of public resources to advance an agenda that extends well beyond New York City. On...

US President Donald Trump congratulates Abelardo De La Espriella, a nationalist lawyer who has been elected president of Colombia according to a near-complete but not yet official count. Trump adds that he looks forward to working together to build a powerful relationship between the two countries. The US leader had backed De La Espriella, who has also pledged to renew diplomatic ties with Israel and open an embassy in Jerusalem.

Abelardo de la Espriella faces leftist Iván Cepeda as President Petro faces allegations of improper campaign involvement

The Trump-admiring far-right millionaire lawyer and self-styled “outsider” Abelardo de la Espriella has won Colombia’s presidential runoff, defeating the leftwing senator Iván Cepeda. With 99.98% of ballots counted in the preliminary vote tally, De la Espriella had secured 12.95m votes, or 49.66%, just 249,901 more than Cepeda, who received 12.7m votes, or 48.7%. A further 1.6% of ballots were cast blank. The margin was narrower than in the first round three weeks ago, when De la Espriella had beaten Cepeda by 673,000 votes. De la Espriella’s victory marks a sharp swing back to the right after four years under Colombia’s...

The right-wing candidate Abelardo de la Espriella has narrowly won Colombia's presidential election, according to the initial vote count, marking a dramatic shift in how the government will tackle the country's internal armed conflict and violence. Espriella, who was endorsed by Donald Trump, has pledged a military crackdown on illegal armed groups, drug trafficking and crime. He appeared to defeat the left-wing Iván Cepeda, a close ally of the president, Gustavo Petro. Reacting to the result, he said "today begins a new stage for our country, a stage built on the free and democratic will of millions of citizens who...

In Colombia, they did it! After polls and media accounts had indicated that FARC-linked leftist Ivan Cepeda could win the first round of the election, voters went and handed the tough-talking conservative the victory. That was a stinging rebuke to Colombia's ruling leftist party and its odious president, Gustavo Petro, with voters giving them the boot and replacing them with a firmly, pro-Trump, pro-private sector, anti-crime conservative, who, worse (for them), seems to be on a mission to end the scourge of leftism forever. Abelardo De La Espellier, known as 'el tigre' won the first round of the presidential election...

A store owner in South Carolina who spent three years in jail before his trial was acquitted of a murder charge after shooting and killing an armed teen outside the store in 2023. A jury in Richland County found Rick Chow not guilty Monday in the shooting death of 14-year-old Cyrus Cormack-Belton. On May 28, 2023, Chow and his son, Andy Chow, pursued Cormack-Belton out of their Columbia, South Carolina, convenience store after suspecting him of shoplifting. The father and son duo chased the teen about 100 yards before Chow shot him in the back with a .45-caliber Glock handgun,...

A conservative admirer of U.S. President Donald Trump will go head-to-head in a run-off election that will decide Colombia’s next president later this month. Abelardo de la Espriella, a tough-talking lawyer and businessman, took the lead in Colombia’s presidential election on Sunday night, with about 43.7% of the total votes according to results released by the national civil registry, while Iván Cepeda, a seasoned politician from the Pacto Histórico party led by incumbent President Gustavo Petro, followed with 40.9%. Petro, however, has cast doubt on the results of the first round of voting, alleging in a social media post that...

In defense of our liberties ... let us elect Abelardo de la Espriella.

Abelardo de la Espriella, the right-of-center candidate - 44%; Ivan Cepeda, the left-of-center candidate - 40%; Paloma Valencia, the center-to-center right candidate - 7%. (The top two advance to the run-off on June 21st.)

Narrated video embedded An explosive device killed 13 people traveling on a bus in southwestern Colombia on Saturday, an attack the country's army chief described as a “terrorist act" that also left at least 38 injured as violence linked to drug trafficking in the region escalates. ...

He’s Bill de Bogotá. Aging hipster former Mayor Bill de Blasio recently gallivanted down to Colombia with his terminally online new girlfriend and an alleged Chinese Community Party-linked lefty group to denounce American imperialism, The Post has learned. The under-the-radar trip in January saw de Blasio join an “emergency” conference — Nuestra América — to defend democracy and peace in the Americas after the controversial US capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro that month. The ex-Hizzoner’s far-left trek drew disbelief and derision from many New York City political insiders, particularly because de Blasio jetted off along with Code Pink —...

The center-right parties, although fractured, (Democrats, Conservatives and Liberals) together continue in the majority in the Congress.

California trial set for Florida cosmetologist charged in death of Kim Kardashian lookalike By Tim Fang Updated on: March 2, 2026 / 3:42 PM PST / CBS San Francisco Add CBS News on Google A trial has been set in the San Francisco Bay Area for a Florida woman accused of providing a cosmetic injection that killed a woman who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said. The San Mateo County District Attorney's Office announced Monday that jury selection is set to begin on March 9 in the trial of Vivian Alexandra Gomez, who is charged in the...

Bullet holes were found on the wing of an American Airlines Boeing jet after landing in Miami from Colombia, according to a report. Flight AA923 landed at the Miami International Airport on Monday when a routine post-flight inspection found the puncture marks on the 737 MAX 8’s right aileron, which is responsible for lateral balance, AirLive reported. Despite the puncture marks, the aircraft flew and landed safely.

Squad member and Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is expected to share her thoughts on American foreign policy with a global audience at the Munich Security Conference this weekend, her office said. The Democrat is expected to speak on two panels at the German conference, her office told NBC News, one about the “rise of populism,” and another about the “future of U.S. foreign policy." The lawmaker, who is considered a potential presidential contender in 2028, is expected to present a contrasting vision of American foreign policy to that of President Donald Trump. “It’s very important that they see...

Their revolution could soon be coming to an end. January 3, 2026. Caracas. 2:47 AM. The helicopters had come in low over the Caribbean, running dark. The Delta Force operators on board were well-rehearsed. By 3:29 AM, it was over. Thirty-two Cuban bodyguards lay dead in the compound. Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were in flex cuffs, hustled onto a transport aircraft bound for New York. At Mar-a-Lago, President Trump watched the operation unfold in real time with his national security team. It was January 3—exactly 36 years to the day since American forces had extracted military dictator Manuel...