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Mon, 01 Mar 2021 13:28:05 +0000Colombia’s naïve attempts to legalize state terrorism
The attempts of the government of Colombia’s President Ivan Duque to legalize terrorism could get him in trouble with the International Criminal Court (ICC). Duque won’t have to worry about…
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Mon, 01 Mar 2021 12:30:40 +0000
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal and the terrorist with apparent learning disabilities
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal threatened to expel one of former President Alvaro Uribe’s political allies for calling victims of his death squads guerrilla associates. Salvador Arana, Colombia’s former ambassador to…
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Mon, 01 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0000
The dilemma of Colombia’s ‘Coalition of Hope’
Colombia’s leading liberal and progressive politicians want to send traditional parties to the opposition benches next year, but are reluctant to join forces with the runner-up in the 2018 elections.…
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Mon, 01 Mar 2021 11:30:03 +0000
Biden increases pressure on Duque with explicit support for Colombia’s peace process
US President Joe Biden is increasing pressure on Colombia’s President Ivan Duque to stop trying to obstruct justice and his country’s peace process. Biden wrote his Colombian counterpart that he…
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Mon, 01 Mar 2021 11:00:21 +0000
Duque’s pirate ‘Plan Colombia’ copy latest blow to peace process
President Ivan Duque on Friday vowed to further militarize counternarcotics efforts in an apparent attempt to revive the controversial “Plan Colombia” strategy. During a military ceremony, the far-right president inaugurated…
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