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Columbian Presidential Candidate Promises to us AI to Write New Constitution

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Risks and Benefits of AI for Businesses and Cybersecurity | SBS

New AI-Shaped Constitution for Colombia: Presidential Hopeful’s Bold Proposal – ColombiaOne.com
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Colombia’s presidential hopeful and Senator Clara Lopez is calling for a new constitution that would be designed with the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI), to modernize governance structures.

A veteran of leftist politics and a prominent voice within the Pacto Historico coalition (President Petro’s coalition), Lopez addressed President Gustavo Petro in an open letter where she urges the government to seize the opportunity of a constituent assembly to create what she described as the world’s first “nation of direct democracy.”

Her vision would allow citizens to design a new social contract using digital platforms powered by AI. In her words, young people, women, Indigenous communities, Afro-Colombians, farmers, entrepreneurs, migrants, scientists, and artists would all have the chance to co-create a constitutional model where every voice counts.

US designates Colombia as failing to cooperate in the drug war for first time in nearly 30 years– www.cbsnews.com

US designates Colombia as failing to cooperate in the drug war for first time in nearly 30 years– www.cbsnews.com

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US designates Colombia as failing to cooperate in the drug war for first time in nearly 30 years– www.cbsnews.com
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The Trump administration on Monday added Colombia to a list of nations failing to cooperate in the drug war for the first time in almost 30 years, a stinging rebuke to a traditional U.S. ally that reflects a recent surge in cocaine production and fraying ties between the White House and the country’s leftist president.

Even as it determined that Colombia had failed to comply with its international counternarcotics obligations, the Trump administration issued a waiver of sanctions that would have triggered major aid cuts, citing vital U.S. national interests.

Nonetheless, it is a major step against one of the United States’ staunchest allies in Latin America, and it could further hamper efforts to restore security in the countryside, according to Adam Isacson, a security researcher at the Washington Office on Latin America.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said he regretted the decision, which overlooked decades of bloodshed by Colombian security forces and civilians all in the name of a U.S.-led drug war.

US adds Colombia to list of nations failing to cooperate in drug war– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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US adds Colombia to list of nations failing to cooperate in drug war– www.washingtonexaminer.com
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The Trump administration added Colombia to a list of countries failing to cooperate in the war on drugs for the first time in nearly 30 years.

The designation reflects the deteriorating relations between the United States and one of its closest Latin American allies. Trump’s vision has repeatedly clashed with that of the left-wing president, Gustavo Petro, whose soft-handed approach to cocaine production has failed to stop the skyrocketing of cocaine cultivation. In a presidential determination, Trump laid the deterioration in relations squarely at Petro’s feet.

Soldiers patrol a street in El Carmelo, Colombia, a day after a deadly attack on a police station that authorities blame on a dissident faction of the demobilized Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)

“The failure of Colombia to meet its drug control obligations over the past year rests solely with its political leadership,” Trump said, bashing Petro’s government for not decreasing production and criticizing his “failed attempts to seek accommodations with narco-terrorist groups.”