US judge: Pablo Escobar's cocaine hippos legally 'people'
A U.S. court order says the offspring of hippos once owned by Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar can be recognized as people with legal rights in the U.S. The case involves a lawsuit against the Colombian government over whether to kill or sterilize the hippos whose numbers are growing at a fast pace.
Gardening helps kidney patients in Colombian hospital
Nutritionist Beatriz Millan, center right, of the Renal Dialysis Unit and her dialysis patients harvest lettuce and chard during an agro-therapy session at El Tunal Hospital in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Doctors at El Tunal are hoping that gardening can have a positive effect on kidney patients, who must visit the hospital three or four times a week to have their blood cleansed by dialysis machines. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)BOGOTA โ For the past seven years, Lionel Cifuentes has been coming to Bogotaโs El Tunal Hospital three times a week to get treatment for his dysfunctional kidneys. Now doctors at the El Tunal hospital in Colombiaโs capital are hoping that gardening can have a positive effect on kidney patients, who must visit the hospital three or four times a week to have their blood cleansed by dialysis machines. El Tunal's gardening project began about a month ago, Millan said, after patients were given potted onion plants to take home.