Carrie Khan

According to the Spanish newspaper El Pais, Jonathan Obando Perez was discharged last week from a Bogota hospital.

The 34-year-old was one of two survivors of a U.S.

military strike on a suspected drug-smuggling submarine.

Federal officials in Bogota say there were no plans to launch a formal investigation against Obando and

as it has no evidence he committed a crime in Colombia.

President Trump had posted on social media that Obando would be detained and prosecuted in Colombia.

Officials there also made similar assurances.

The other survivor of the attack, an Ecuadorian with a criminal narcotics record in the U.S., was also released once returned to his home country.

Carrie Khan, NPR News, Rio de Janeiro.

The bill allows Brazilians an exemption from taxes, raising the limit the poor and middle class can make to the equivalent of about 900 U.S.

dollars a month.

Previously, only those making less than about 500 dollars a month were exempt.

To make up the difference in lost income, the government will increase taxes on Brazil's top earners and their dividends.

Supporters say it's common sense legislation.

Those who have less pay less.

Those who have more pay more.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is set to sign the bill, handing him a major political victory.

as he plans to run for re-election next year.

Congress is still also looking to tax new outlets, including fintech companies and betting operators.

Carrie Conn, NPR News, Rio de Janeiro.