The story of Pepe, a #hippopotamus from #Colombian drug lord #PabloEscobar’s private zoo, inspired #Dominican#FilmDirector Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias to make a #film reflecting on the impact of #colonialism, he said. The #hippo, one of many wild animals kept on Escobar’s private estate, escaped into the surrounding countryside and lived there for many years after the drug lord’s death in 1993.
Was very sad to hear that my absolute favourite artist, renowned Colombian painter & sculptor Fernando Botero - whose depictions of people & objects in plump, exaggerated forms became emblems of Colombian art around the world - has died. He was 91 ⭐️
'There's a photo of #Prigozhin serving wine to George w. #Bush in the #Kremlin when he visited decades ago. And there's a photo of him at a meeting between President #Putin and various members of the #Russian military elite with representatives of #Libya , a country where #Wagner#mercenaries were believed to be active'
'this was a period where there were reports of unrest and even a sort of revolt in the #Venezuelan armed forces.
there have been really quite frequent reports and sightings of… suspected #Russian military… in parts of #Venezuela in the southeast state of #Bolivar… and also along the #Colombian frontier where there have been a lot of sort of clashes with armed groups…. '