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Thu, 04 Feb 2021 12:00:54 +0000After calling everyone a terrorist, Colombia’s new defense minister will now confront ELN
After accusing students, indigenous people and even Colombia’s middle class of terrorism, Defense Minister Diego Molano will now confront ELN guerrillas. This may be a bit of a problem, because…
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Thu, 04 Feb 2021 11:30:20 +0000Court revokes detention of cops who discovered Colombia’s 2018 election fraud plot
Efforts of Colombia’s prosecution to jail the policemen who discovered that President Ivan Duque’s far-right party conspired with the mafia to rig the 2018 elections suffered a major setback on…
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Thu, 04 Feb 2021 11:00:55 +0000Terrorist attacks in Colombia almost doubled in 2020: defense ministry
Terrorist attacks in Colombia almost doubled in 2020 compared to the year before, according to the country’s defense ministry. In its monthly report, the defense ministry said it registered 403…
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Wed, 03 Feb 2021 18:22:56 +0000Colombia’s failing state | Part 2: who is the boss in Buenaventura?
Buenaventura, Colombia’s biggest port city on the Pacific coast, will always be subjected to mafia terror until “the state takes control for once,” according to the mayor. This would be…
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Wed, 03 Feb 2021 18:20:51 +0000Colombia’s ex-president asks Biden to remove Cuba from terror list
Colombia’s former President Juan Manuel Santos asked US President Joe Biden to reverse a decision to designate Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism. Santos made the requested on behalf…
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