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Colombia’s military ceasefire: One step closer to peace?

In a fifteen-minute long speech delivered on Tuesday evening, President Juan Manuel Santos announced that Colombia’s Armed Forces shall stop their bombing operations against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) f...
by Leonardo Goi
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Colombia: The year of peace?

For the first time in a half-century-long conflict, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) agreed on 20 December 2014 to a unilateral and indefinite ceasefire.
by Leonardo Goi
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Top 10 elections and campaign stories of 2014

1) Rise of the #ElectionDaySelfie One of the not so surprising phenomena that featured around election time in many countries was the taking and uploading of ‘Election Day’ selfies to social media pages. Instagram and Twi...
by Mayda Margarita De La Fuente
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Colombia: The lessons a kidnapping taught

After two weeks of captivity, Colombia’s general Alzate was freed by the country’s biggest guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on Sunday, November 30. How will his release shape Colombia...
by Leonardo Goi
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The dangerous charm of forgiveness

Colombian General Dario Rubén Alzate was captured by the FARC, the largest Colombian guerrilla group in a small village in the north of the country on Sunday 16 November.
by Leonardo Goi
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Colombia’s “citizen portfolio” program could infringe privacy rights (and more)

Under the “Live Digital” initiative, Colombian Minister of Information and Communication Technologies Diego Molano is pushing a policy program under which the government will bestow upon each citizen a “digital portfo...
by Lully Posada
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Let Colombia End Its Civil War

Colombia has been the host of some of the most extreme and brutal violence in Latin America’s history. The country’s half-century long conflict has taken the lives of almost a quarter million women, men, and children, and d...
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Colombia’s Petro-Politics

As Colombia’s presidential election on the 25th of May draws ever closer, a controversial court ruling against a former rebel insurgent heightens concerns over peace talks. On the 4th of March Gustavo Petro lost the ap...
by Rose Butters
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Colombia’s new cartel?

Colombia has long been known for its drug cartels; and many an article has been scribed in response to this not-so-secret trade that has been (and is still) sweeping the country. What Colombia is not known for is its testigo tr...
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