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Per Ben Smith on Politico , the AUC & AFSCME are launching a new ad to help define the Republicans as the ...
by DCDoc
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Last November, I posted a piece about the violence in the Colombian city of Buenaventura and its relations to drugs. I'll be traveling there this summer, and in researching in the city again, I came ...
by Kyle Johnson
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Coca-cola, Chiquita, and Nestle' are fucking up Colombia.
Chiquita Brands International will plead guilty to doing business with gunmen in Colombia. Prosecutors said the banana company ...
by coigue
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In early September of this year, I visited Barrancabermeja a city in north-central Colombia. While there, I met with various social organizations and their leaders including William Mendoza, who I ...
by Kyle Johnson
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This article appeared in this week's version of Revista Cambio. In Colombia, scandals involving paramilitaries have been unfolding and revealed almost daily. A few days ago, paramilitary bosses ...
by Kyle Johnson
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