The reactions to former President Álvaro Uribe's arrest hints toward deep divisions within the country, the body politic, and within families across ...
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The currency of enmity: Why Colombians can’t find common ground on Uribe
By Sergio Guzmán /
Political violence, state incapacity and post-peace agreement Colombia
By Jerónimo Ríos Sierra /
The rise of violence in Colombia highlights the complexity of implementing a peace agreement and how the absence of war does not necessarily guarantee ...
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Turmoil in the Western Hemisphere
By Douglas Farah and Caitlyn Yates /
Taking advantage of the demonstrations that flared across Latin America at the end of 2019, outside actors worked to push legitimate social protest to violent extremes as a part of a deliberate destabilization ...
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Drug trafficking and Colombian ‘peace’
By Mar Romero Sala /
Since the disarming of the FARC two-and-a-half years ago, the actors, figures and methods have changed. But the conclusion is clear: drug trafficking in Colombia is more alive than ever ...
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Colombia’s seeming never-ending violence
By Jerónimo Ríos Sierra /
The ELN may just have destroyed the possibility of peace in the long-troubled country, not just with the ELN but under the peace agreement with the ...
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Duque won the election, but Petro is also a winner
By Jerónimo Ríos Sierra / 
Gustavo Petro has reasons to be optimistic after his defeat. The left has a new presence in Colombian politics and could emerge stronger for the next ...
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The road to Colombia’s complete peace: Next up ELN
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Colombia’s remaining guerrilla group, the ELN, is finally coming to the negotiating table. But the government is in a very different negotiating position with the ELN than with FARC, a point reflected in the vague, poorly worded negotiation agreement announced March ...
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