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Wed, 10 Feb 2021 14:29:00 +0000The tragicomic ineptitude of Colombia’s peace commissioner
Colombia’s peace commissioner seems unable to understand that no country in the world would threaten global peace just to please far-right President Ivan Duque. The international community appears to have…
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Wed, 10 Feb 2021 13:00:12 +0000
Colombia Reports’ 13th anniversary: the lights are going out
Colombia Reports’ 13th anniversary on Tuesday wasn’t much of a celebration after an exhausting year left the website with an uncertain future. I’m grateful the coronavirus hasn’t completely devastated this…
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Wed, 10 Feb 2021 12:00:44 +0000
How terrorism works | Part 2: Colombia’s mafia president
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque’s terrorism strategy deprives any government critics of state protection, allowing anyone to threaten or assassinate his adversaries. The terrorism strategy is a simple as it is…
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Wed, 10 Feb 2021 11:30:10 +0000
HRW slams Colombia over failure to curb violence against human rights defenders
Human Rights Watch slammed Colombia’s government on Wednesday for failing to act against deadly violence that has killed more than 420 human rights defenders since 2016. In a report, the…
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Wed, 10 Feb 2021 11:00:19 +0000
Duque’s fear for Colombia’s migrant votes
Colombia’s mass media have been stigmatizing citizens who migrated to Venezuela for more than 15 years. According to Colombia’s migration agency, more than 1,729,000 Venezuelans migrated to Colombia in the…
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