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Sun, 21 Feb 2021 12:28:07 +0000Colombia’s elderly still waiting for COVID-19 vaccines
Days after Colombia’s President Ivan Duque formally kicked off a mass vaccination campaign against the coronavirus, the country’s elderly are still waiting for their first shot. People of 80 years…
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Sun, 21 Feb 2021 11:18:16 +0000Medellin: Colombia’s extrajudicial execution capital
The metropolitan area of Colombia’s second largest city Medellin became the capital of extrajudicial executions when President Alvaro Uribe was in office. At least 354 Medellin residents were executed by…
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Sat, 20 Feb 2021 18:21:37 +0000Colombia’s military executed more than 6,400 civilians in 6 years: court
Tensions between Colombia’s war crimes tribunal and the security forces increased after the latter was accused of presented more than 6,400 executed civilians as combat kills between 2002 and 2008.…
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Fri, 19 Feb 2021 12:30:50 +0000The president’s bosses | Part 2: Colombia’s clans
The power of Colombia’s president depends on his ability to manage the sometimes opposing interests of those who really control the country, like the so-called clans. While formally a democracy,…
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Thu, 18 Feb 2021 13:00:22 +0000Don’t let some puppet president turn Colombia into a mafia state
Colombia’s puppet President Ivan Duque will obstruct next year’s elections for the same reason he is obstructing peace; to protect criminal interests. Duque may have fooled me for a while…
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