Colombia’s security forces ‘crucial’ for 1990s paramilitary boom
Colombia’s army and police were “crucial” for the growth of paramilitary forces...
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Author: Oliver Sheldon
Santos announces ’emergency plan’ for Bogota after dismissing mayor
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos and interim Mayor Rafael Pardo, in an apparent attempt to...
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FARC demands change to Colombia’s mining and energy policy
Colombia’s FARC guerrilla group has demanded the suspension of hydroelectric programs and...
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Almost 49K children victims of sexual violence in Colombia’s armed conflict
A report released over the weekend by Oxfam International concluded that some 48,915 children...
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820K Colombians lifted out of poverty in 2013 while urban inequality on the rise: Report
Some 820,000 Colombians were lifted above the poverty line in 2013, the government statistics...
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