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Pablo Escobar's former hitman, Henry Holguín, explains how he exchanged killing for peacebuilding ahead of Colombia's Total Peace talks.

Venezuela produces industrial quantities of urea, tons of which are stolen and smuggled into Colombia to feed cocaine labs.

The Colombian peso moved towards 3,900 to the US dollar — and there appears little to suggest it will move it back towards the 4,200 level given current oil prices.

Remember, everything starts with situational awareness. Know your surroundings and be alert at all times.

The count includes 3 suicides, 2 homicides, 2 drug overdoses, 2 botched surgeries & 9 indeterminate deaths.

Colombian guards reportedly charged $64 USD for a hamburger, $255 for booze, $385 for marijuana, and $515 for a SIM card.

Procaps reported double digit revenue growth in 4 of 5 business units driven by market share gains & new product launches.

What can observers take from events in Peru? And what takeaways are relevant for Colombia’s upcoming 2022 elections, and for economic and civil liberty more broadly in the Americas? Daniel Raisbeck has some prescient observations.

"There has been a lot of progress," said Lagos. "In Chile, the fact that [legalizing] the personal consumption of medicinal cannabis is being discussed is a sign of progress."

A lot has changed in the country’s underworld since the fall of one of the world’s most legendary criminals.