Politics

Sergio Fajardo

Sergio Fajardo is a Colombian politician who abandoned a successful career in mathematics in the second half of his professional life. Tweets by sergio_fajardo Fajardo was born in Medellin, Colombia’s…

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‘Pablo Catatumbo’

Jorge Torres, a.k.a. “Pablo Catatumbo,” is a senator of the FARC, the former guerrilla group that demobilized and disarmed in 2017. Tweets by PCatatumbo_FARC Catatumbo was born in 1953 in…

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Tanja Nijmeijer

Tanja Nijmeijer is a Dutch member of the FARC, the political party she joined in 2002 when they were still a guerrilla group. Tweets by Tanja_FARC Born on February 3, 1978,…

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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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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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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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‘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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