Highlights: In Colombia, FARC dissidence says it is ready to negotiate peace. A football match between Nacional de Medellin and America de Cali in the Atanasio stadium was suspended for violence. The start of what the Washington Post calls "the highly anticipated defamation lawsuit" between Fox News and electronic voting machine company Dominion Voting System was postponed to Tuesday. The Dominican Republic announced sanctions against 39 political and other figures accused of being involved in the violence in Haiti. The death of American pianist AhmadAhmad Jamal was reported.

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In Colombia, FARC dissidence says it is ready to negotiate peace

Farc dissident Ivan Mordisco, given for death during an army operation by the government of former President Ivan Duque, reappeared on April 16, 2023. © AFP/Joaquin Sarmiento

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This Sunday, April 16, the dissidence of the FARC said it was ready to negotiate, during a meeting with the commissioner of Peace, Danilo Rueda. He wanted, Semana writes, "to personally verify the will for peace of the guerrilla group that had not participated in the Havana negotiations and that from the beginning had decided to continue fighting." The FARC dissidence therefore says it is ready to negotiate, an announcement made by "Ivan Mordisco, commander since May 2022 of the FARC dissent," writes Las 2 Orillas, "accompanied by 4,000 inhabitants of the Yari area," in the southwest of the country.

And as much as the announcement, perhaps even more, what makes the headlines is the reappearance of Ivan Mordisco, given for dead during an army operation by the government of former president Ivan Duque. In fact, Ivan Mordisco has been given for dead at least three times by the Colombian authorities, recalls El Colombiano. His appearance yesterday under the flashes was, for Semana, that of a "star of a Hollywood of crime", especially since, says the newspaper, "Ivan Mordisco went to the appointment with the Petro government armed to the teeth with a rifle firing 900 rounds per minute".

A "show" by the leader of the dissent, "who does not encounter difficulties in moving freely on the territory, has aroused the indignation of some politicians" of the opposition, writes Semana, the former Minister of Defense Diego Molano believing that the Petro government "treated this terrorist like a king".

The clasico suspended in Medellin

In Colombia, a football match between Nacional de Medellin and America de Cali in the Atanasio stadium was suspended for violence. It all began, writes El Espactador, even before the engagement, when in the stands – the Los Del Sur (Those of the South) corner – the local fans clashed with the police, supporters "who protest against several measures taken by the team, which has removed several economic benefits they enjoyed". The tension had been rising for months.

As a result of yesterday's violence, which can be seen on the videos and photos posted on the websites of various Colombian newspapers: "at least 11 police officers and 12 residents injured," writes Semana. Violence that continued around the stadium after the suspension of the game.

Dominican Republic sanctions in Haiti

After Canada and the United States, the Dominican Republic announced sanctions against 39 political and other figures," accused of being involved in the violence in Haiti, writes AlterPresse. The news site specifies that among others former prime ministers Laurent Lamothe and Evans Paul, or former senator Youry Latortue are no longer allowed to return to the country. The same goes for Haitians considered leaders or gang members. "This is the second list published by the Dominican authorities after that of December 2022," recalls Le Nouvelliste, which made the accounts: today, "52 Haitians are prohibited from going to neighboring land."

In the United States, the trial of Fox postponed to Tuesday

The start of what the Washington Post calls "the highly anticipated defamation lawsuit" between Fox News and electronic voting machine company Dominion Voting System was set to begin Monday. It was postponed to Tuesday to, according to the newspaper's sources, "allow both parties to discuss the possibility of an agreement".

The Dominion Company has filed a $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox News, which it accuses of having defamed it and its anchors by linking it to a plot to steal the 2020 presidential election, while, recalls Politico, "at Fox many privately doubted the veracity of the claims of the former president and his allies." Fox has so far defended itself by highlighting the 1st Amendment, writes The Hill, "claiming that Donald Trump's claims deserved to be reported, and that Dominion had suffered no harm."

The death of a jazz giant, the American pianist Ahmad Jamal

Ahmad Jamal was 92. "He was known for his ugly-back approach," writes the New York Times, "and for his influence on, among others, Miles Davis, who once said, 'All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.'" The Washington Post headlined his game as "thrifty and hypnotic." The "jazz piano legend," as music site Pitchfork writes, "has released more than 70 albums in a six-decade career, the latest, Ballads, in 2019.

Rolling Stones recalls that when hip hop producers began to delve into jazz catalogs in the 1990s, a new generation of fans discovered it through a myriad of samples. Ahmad Jama received a Grammy for his entire career in 2017.

In Colombia, FARC dissidence says it is ready to negotiate peace

In Colombia, FARC dissidence says it is ready to negotiate peace

The clasico suspended in Medellin

Dominican Republic sanctions in Haiti

In the United States, the trial of Fox postponed to Tuesday

The death of a jazz giant, the American pianist Ahmad Jamal

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