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Politician Accused Of Planning Guerrilla Kidnappings That Led To Murder

AP | LIBARDO CARDONA | Posted 05.20.2012

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BOGOTA, Colombia — Even Colombians accustomed to treachery and deceit after more than a half-century of civil conflict and drug violence were st...

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Red Cross Says FARC Planning To Free French Journalist

AP | CAMILO HERNANDEZ | Posted 05.14.2012

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BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombia's main rebel movement announced Sunday its intention to release a French journalist who went missing during a firefight t...

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Colombia: The Empire Strikes Back

Dan Kovalik | Posted 05.08.2012

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Dan Kovalik

With the intensification of the U.S. military and economic push in Colombia, we sadly can anticipate more such violence against peaceful actors in Colombia in order to make Colombian land secure for massive appropriation and exploitation.

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State Senator Faces Crowded Field In U.S. House Race

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 05.08.2012

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State Sen. Bert Johnson became the first candidate to officially file in the race for Michigan's newly redrawn 13th U.S. congressional district last w...

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Threats in the Classroom: Teachers Protect Students in the Midst of Colombia's War

Eva Smets | Posted 04.11.2012

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Eva Smets

Disregarding official orders, members of the Colombian army turn schools into barracks where they sleep, steal food from cafeterias and invite children to take helicopter rides and to visit military camps.

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Reports: Rebels Free Hostages After 12 Years

AP | CESAR GARCIA | Posted 04.03.2012

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VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia — Colombia's main rebel group on Monday freed what it says were its last 10 military and police captives, returning the ...

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Colombian Military Bombs FARC Rebels

AP | Posted 05.21.2012

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BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian troops have killed 39 rebels, most of them in a bombardment of a guerrilla camp, the defense minister said Wednesda...

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Colombian Military Bombs FARC Rebels

AP | Posted 05.21.2012

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BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian troops have killed 39 rebels, most of them in a bombardment of a guerrilla camp, the defense minister said Wednesda...

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Colombia Vows to Crack Down on Narco-groups' Illegal Coltan Mining

Corbin Hiar | Posted 05.16.2012

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Corbin Hiar

After an International Consortium of Investigative Journalists exposé about paramilitaries involvement in the coltan trade, Colombia is moving to curb illegal mining of the highly sought after mineral.

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Colombia's FARC Announces Release Of Prisoners

AP | By LIBARDO CARDONA | Posted 03.03.2012

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BOGOTA, Colombia -- Sgt. Luis Alfonso Beltran has endured 14 years of jungle prisons as a captive of leftist rebels while three of his aunts and uncle...

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A Bad Joke's Kernel of Truth

Shai Baitel | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Syria, Al Qaeda, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Soft Power, Latin America, Farc, Homeland Security, Sanctions, Nuclear Program, Missiles, Lebanon, United States, Hezbollah, Hamas, Iran, Ahmadinejad, Venezuela, Middle East, Janet Napolitano, Chavez, Foreign Affairs, Terrorism, Western Hemisphere, Uranium, Icrg, World News
Shai Baitel

Geographically, Iran may be far away from the Americas but its growing presence in Venezuela is a serious danger. It is not a joke.

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David Sands

Emergency Manager Ignores Circuit Court Ruling

HuffingtonPost.com | David Sands | Posted 02.17.2012

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Emergency Manager Jack Martin showed up for work in the Highland Park Schools Thursday, despite a ruling from a judge that he must cease operating in ...

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Colombia Bomb Attack Kills At Least 6

AP | CARLOS JULIO MARTINEZ | Posted 04.03.2012

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VILLA RICA, Colombia — Assailants in pickup trucks fired homemade mortars at a police station in this western town Thursday, killing at least si...

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Colombian Rebels Set To Release 6 Hostages

AP | By LIBARDO CARDONA | Posted 12.27.2011

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BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombian rebels on Tuesday announced plans to release six hostages who have been held captive for more than a decade. The Revolu...

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FARC Blames Government For Executions

AP | FRANK BAJAK | Posted 01.29.2012

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BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia's main leftist rebel group is blaming President Juan Manuel Santos' government for the weekend deaths of four securi...

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Colombian FARC Survivor 'Ran For It' In Dramatic Escape

AP | VIVIAN SEQUERA | Posted 01.28.2012

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BOGOTA, Colombia — The Colombian police sergeant who saved himself when leftist rebels killed four fellow captives said Monday that he ran for h...

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FARC Executes 4 Men After Holding Hostage For Over 12 Years

AP | By FRANK BAJAK | Posted 11.26.2011

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BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombia's main rebel group executed four of its longest-held captives during combat Saturday between guerrillas and soldiers sear...

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FARC Names New Chief

AP | LIBARDO CARDONA | Posted 01.15.2012

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BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia's main rebel group announced Tuesday that it has named a successor to its leader, who was killed in combat this mont...

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Profile: Alfonso Cano

AP | VIVIAN SEQUERA | Posted 01.05.2012

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BOGOTA, Colombia — Alfonso Cano was a bespectacled middle-class intellectual who rose from chief ideologist to maximum leader of the Revolutiona...

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Top Leader Of Colombia's Main Rebel Group Killed, Say Authorities

AP | LIBARDO CARDONA AND CESAR GARCIA | Posted 01.04.2012

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BOGOTA, Colombia — President Juan Manuel Santos on Saturday called on fighters of Latin America's only major rebel force to accept the killing o...

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John Rudolf

Notorious Russian Arms Dealer Convicted in New York

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 01.02.2012

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NEW YORK -- In March 2008, former Soviet military officer Viktor Bout stood in a Bangkok hotel lobby, waiting for an elevator with an avowed member o...

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John Rudolf

Trial of Russian 'Merchant of Death' Begins in New York

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 12.12.2011

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NEW YORK -- Surface-to-air missiles. Armor-piercing rockets. Sniper rifles. Plastic explosives by the ton. Viktor Bout, a former Soviet military of...

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What Happens When Millennials Come Together

David D. Burstein | Posted 12.10.2011

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David D. Burstein

We're the first generation to spend all of our grown years in a world where connecting to people from all over the world, instantly and constantly, seems normal and natural.

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Interview: Jorge Ramos Discusses FARC Documentary 'Infiltrados'

AOLLatino.com | Posted 11.26.2011

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'Infiltrados' (Infiltrated) is the first documentary produced by the new Documentales Univision (Univision Documentaries), a new unit of Univision New...

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Former President Alvaro Uribe Makes His Presence Felt In Colombia

AP | By VIVIAN SEQUERA and LIBARDO CARDONA | Posted 11.18.2011

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BOGOTA, Colombia -- Presidents typically quit the limelight when their terms end, ease into contemplative repose, perhaps pen a memoir, and stay out o...

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