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Colombia's ex-pres faces blowback over peace talks
Bogotá :: Colombia | 2 months ago
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Colombia (AP) Alvaro Uribe did more as president than any Colombian leader to weaken the South American nation's main leftist rebel group and he has been among the most vocal opponents of peace talks with the insurgents. Now, he's finding that his
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Farc: Peace talks are accelerating
Bogotá :: Colombia | 4 months ago
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Colombia peace talks 'in mambo rhythm', say Farc rebels Farc spokesman Jesus Santrich gave an upbeat assessment of the third round of talks Colombia's peace talks are advancing at an accelerated pace "in the rhythm of mambo", as a Farc spokesman put
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U.S. must be for peace in Colombia
Bogotá :: Colombia | 6 months ago
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The main obstacle to peace in Colombia is the small group of corrupt beneficiaries that has been unwilling to release its grip on wealth and control. And despite Colombia's rich ethnic diversity, this bunch looks no different than the white Spaniards
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Colombian president to undergo cancer surgery
Bogotá :: Colombia | 8 months ago
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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Monday he would undergo surgery for a non-aggressive prostate cancer in a health scare that seemed unlikely to derail his government's imminent talks with Marxist rebels to end decades of war. Santos, 61,
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Colombia's Santos believes peace is possible
Bogotá :: Colombia | 8 months ago
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Al Jazeera peace deal is possible if there is "goodwill" on both sides. I think the fundamental issues that are on the table, that we agreed to discuss and agree on in order to finalise the conflict, are not that difficult," the president said in his
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Colombian forces clash with indigenous group – Santos blames rebel propaganda for stirring violence
Popayán :: Colombia | 10 months ago
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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos (centre) delivers a press conference Colombia's Army General Commander Alejandro Navas (left) and Colombian Air Force Commander Tito Pinilla (right) at the 3rd Army Division in Popayan, Cauca department,
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Colombia's new Justice Minister faces uphill battle with narco-terrorists
New York City :: NY :: USA | 10 months ago
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Santos appointed popular attorney and law professor Ruth Stella Correa as the nation's Justice Minister, according to a source at the U.S...Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) and a number of violent and well-financed drug cartels. At a ceremony
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5 workers dead after attack on oil well in Colombia
Bogotá :: Colombia | 11 months ago
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Colombia Colombian officials say attackers believed to be leftist rebels have killed five Colombian contractors for the state-owned oil company Ecopetrol at a well in a turbulent southern state. Ecopetrol says in a statement that attackers used
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World Briefing | The Americas: Colombia: Rebels Release Journalist
Bogotá :: Colombia | 12 months ago
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Rebels Release Journalist Published: May 30, 2012 The country's largest rebel group on Wednesday released a French freelance journalist whom it had held captive for more than a month...He was taken captive on April 28 when he accompanied Colombian
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Chavez notches up three million Twitter followers (AFP)
Caracas :: Venezuela | 12 months ago
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Firebrand Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez now has more than three million followers on Twitter, making him the most popular Latin American politician on the site -- a milestone he celebrated on Monday. "To the three million followers, I sent a
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