Profiles

Oscar Ivan Zuluaga

Oscar Ivan Zuluaga is a Colombian politician, businessman and a director of former President Alvaro Uribe’s Democratic Center party. Tweets by OIZuluaga Zuluaga was born in 1957 into the family that came…

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ERPAC

ERPAC was a paramilitary drug trafficking organization that was active in the eastern plains of Colombia between 2005 and 2011. The group was one of dozens of groups formed by…

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Rodrigo Guerrero

Tweets by @rodrigoguerrerr Cali Mayor Rodrigo Guerrero is a public health expert who has survived a fraud and corruption scandal that hinted at the murky underbelly of Cali politics. Well…

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‘Don Mario’

Daniel Rendon, a.k.a. “Don Mario,” is the extradited founder of paramilitary group Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AGC), or “Gulf Clan,” and allegedly the “Aguilas Negras.” Rural origins Mario and…

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Luis Carlos Galan

Luis Carlos Galan was a Colombian journalist and popular Liberal Party presidential candidate who was killed in 1989 at the order of drug lord Pablo Escobar. An outspoken opponent of drug trafficking, Galan…

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‘Pablo Beltran’

“Pablo Beltran” is a member of the leadership of Colombia’s last-standing rebel group ELN and the guerrillas’ former chief negotiator in peace talks with the government that failed in 2019.…

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‘Pastor Alape’

Felix Antonio Muñoz, a.k.a. “Pastor Alape,” is a prominent leader of the FARC, until last year Colombia’s largest guerrilla force and now a political party. Alape was most likely born in…

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Piedad Cordoba

Despite a steady electoral base and international recognition, Piedad Cordoba is one of Colombia’s least popular politicians because of her association with Venezuela’s socialist government. Tweets by piedadcordoba Cordoba, born in…

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