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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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Colombia Rebels Make Demand For Release Of Kidnapped Reporter

Reuters | Posted 05.08.2012

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* Rebels accuse government of manipulating the media * French reporter seized while with Colombian troops BOGOTA, May 7 ...

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Romeo Langlois: Colombia's FARC Rebels Says Their Holding French Reporter

AP | FRANK BAJAK and VIVIAN SEQUERA | Posted 05.07.2012

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BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia's main rebel group says it is holding a French journalist who has been missing since disappearing a week ago while c...

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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'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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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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Courage and Common Ground

Jack Leslie | Posted 01.09.2012

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Jack Leslie

Before dinner started, President Santos pulled me aside, and in a hushed but excited tone, told me that he was "95 percent sure" that his military forces had a few hours earlier killed Alfonso Cano, the leader of FARC and Colombia's most wanted terrorist.

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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

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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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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Colombia's Economic Problems and Prospects

Nake M. Kamrany | Posted 08.24.2011

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Nake M. Kamrany

Recently, a global transition to a more diffuse distribution of economic power is broadly recognized, pointing to a shift in the balance of global growth from rich to low- and middle- income economies. Colombia may be a prime example of this trend.

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Beyond Free Trade with Colombia

Milburn Line | Posted 07.27.2011

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Milburn Line

Armed forces are accused of murdering 2,547 civilians and presenting them as combat kills; there are now 27,000 forced disappearances in Colombia

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Brutal Colombian Drug Lord Dies In Clashes

AP | CESAR GARCIA | Posted 05.25.2011

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BOGOTA, Colombia — A brutal drug lord with a $2.5 million bounty on his head and reputed ties to right-wing militias died during clashes with se...

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Another Lonely Christmas For Columbia's Longest-Held Hostage

AP | RODRIGO ALMONACID | Posted 05.25.2011

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BOGOTA, Colombia — Not until Johan Steven Martinez began school at age 4 did he learn why he had never met his father. "I realized that all my ...

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A 'Plan Colombia' for Mexico?

Laura Carlsen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Laura Carlsen

Clinton's allusion to Plan Colombia, an anti-narcotics initiative most distinguished for its contributions to human rights violations, sparked a minor uproar in Mexico. But the only surprising thing may be that she uttered it out loud.

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Mass Graves and Alleged Extrajudicial Executions in the Macarena, Colombia

Kelly Nicholls | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kelly Nicholls

On July 22 around 800 people came to the Macarena to tell an international delegation from the U.S. and Europe of the abuses they have suffered, many allegedly at the hands of the armed forces.

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Desperate Hugo Chavez Desecrates Simon Bolivar's Tomb

Fernando Espuelas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fernando Espuelas

The desecration of Simon Bolivar's tomb is as shocking as anything Hugo Chavez has ever done.

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US Bars Acclaimed Colombian Journalist

Gabriel Elizondo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gabriel Elizondo

Morris' work has led him to uncover evidence of atrocities potentially committed by actors of the state. His reporting has often thrown doubt on official government positions few other journalists seem dare to challenge.

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Venezuela's 'Animal Farm'

Thor Halvorssen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Thor Halvorssen

Venezuela has carried out more than 800 expropriations across industries and involving all sorts of property. Hugo Chavez must be revealed as the petty authoritarian and enemy of individual rights that he is.

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