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After 'glorifying violence' on Twitter, former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe to speak at NYU event
The former Colombian leader has been accused of collaborating with right-wing death squads and inci…
Charles Davis
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Colombia has reached a historic deal to end a 52-year war, but the next battle will be at the ballot box
Uribe's critics and proponents of the peace deal have charged him with hypocrisy, as he presided ov…
Christopher Woody
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Colombia says it's convincing drug farmers to grow other crops - but drug traffickers say otherwise
In that part of Antioquia, officials were optimistic about the effort, especially because alternati…
Christopher Woody
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Colombia's local elections are a mess - and the voting hasn't even started yet
On September 21, the National Electoral Council (CNE) annulled 398,675 voter registrations, after a…
Christopher Woody
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Colombia is stuck in political limbo, and vital US aid might hang in the balance
"Colombia's immediate economic prospects will be largely determined, as has been the case in the la…
Christopher Woody
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Colombia's historic peace deal just lost a stunning national vote, and it's not clear what happens next
Prior to the vote, Santos said the there was no Plan B should the vote fail and that the country wo…
Christopher Woody
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Pablo Escobar's death cleared the way for much more sinister kind of criminal in Colombia
"So the challenge is that you have individuals, small groups, that, although less disciplined in te…
Christopher Woody
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Colombia's historic peace plan has a bloody legacy to overcome
The paramilitary groups that hunted UP members kept at it through the 1990s, eventually becoming fu…
Christopher Woody
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Colombia has a new deal to end a 52-year war, but violence and uncertainty still loom over it
After the failure of the original deal, which was voted down by a margin of about 57,000 votes out …
Christopher Woody
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'Colombia is betting everything on this': Voters are deciding whether to end the Western Hemisphere's longest war
Others opposed to the deal have raised the prospect that FARC rebels could slip back into criminal …
Christopher Woody
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'Blood, sweat, and tears': What a Trump presidency could mean for the Western Hemisphere
Clamping down on the border and restricting the traffic moving across it would increase organized-c…
Christopher Woody
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Tour The Incredible Gallery With All Of President George W. Bush's Paintings
Another photographer caught this wall with four portraits, displaying (clockwise from top left) Lat…
Paul Szoldra
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Venezuela's economy is in tatters - and its border crisis could destabilize the region
Venezuela, Rep. McGovern said, has played an important role in advancing the peace process between …
Christopher Woody
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The last march: Colombia's most notorious rebel group is starting to disarm, but obstacles to peace still loom
"I would hope that, because the United States deserves some credit for helping to dismantle the var…
Christopher Woody
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Now Venezuela is creating an ugly refugee problem with forced deportations
It's not clear if these measures against foreigners have bolstered popular support for Maduro's gov…
Christopher Woody
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One of the world's longest wars is on the verge of ending
On July 10, a crop-replacement program aimed at destroying illicit cultivation and replacing it wit…
Christopher Woody
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How one Colombian family allegedly helped 'El Chapo' dominate global drug trafficking
The San Diego district office, which first brought charges against him in 1996; the Chicago distric…
Christopher Woody
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'El Chapo' Guzman has pleaded not guilty - here's the case US prosecutors say they have against him
"One former member of local law enforcement in Juarez, Mexico, is expected to testify to being paid…