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Fri, 30 Apr 2021 13:53:52 +0000Colombia using terrorism to quell anti-government protests
Colombia’s third largest city Cali has been militarized since Wednesday after an apparent state terrorism campaign to quell anti-government protests. Defense Minister Diego Molano sent 700 policemen and 300 soldiers…
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Fri, 30 Apr 2021 12:00:49 +0000Colombia surpasses 500 daily COVID-19 deaths after pandemic’s most fatal week
Colombia’s health ministry reported more than 500 COVID-19 deaths on Thursday, the highest number of daily fatalities since the beginning of the pandemic. The record number of daily deaths was…
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Thu, 29 Apr 2021 12:00:51 +0000COVID-19 disproportionately killed Colombia’s poor
The coronavirus is disproportionately killing Colombia’s poor, who make up more than 60% of the fatalities registered by the country’s statistics agency DANE. In a report, DANE said that 64.4%…
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Thu, 29 Apr 2021 11:30:13 +0000How Duque tried to violently repress Colombia’s opposition and failed
Colombia’s increasingly authoritarian President Ivan Duque failed to discredit critics on Wednesday by associating them with violence largely instigated by the police. In his daily propaganda show, Duque highlighted violent…
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Thu, 29 Apr 2021 10:00:03 +0000Military intelligence spied on protest organizers in Colombia, US and Europe
Colombia’s military illegally spied on organizers of Wednesday’s protests against far-right President Ivan Duque, leaked military intelligence documents indicate. The 36-page intelligence report was leaked to investigative journalism coll...