Colombia 
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SOURCE: London Review of Books
10/13/2022
Understanding Colombia's Truth Commission Report after 60 Years of Civil Conflict
by Rachel Nolan
Colombia's armed conflict between government forces, leftist rebels, and paramilitary death squads is the world's longest continuous conflict. The nation's massive Truth Commission report undermines decades of official government narrative about the apportionment of blame for atrocities.
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SOURCE: New York Times
9/7/2022
New Colombian Leadership Means it's Time for the US to End the Disastrous Drug War
by Christy Thornton
The US has taken steps to pull back from the domestic war on drugs. But the violent, repressive and expensive campaign to fund militarized drug interdiction in Latin America has carried on uninterrupted, fueling political violence abroad and fentanyl overdoses at home.
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7/8/2022
The Rising "Pink Tide" in Latin America Shows the Need for US Policy to Adapt
by Aileen T. Teague
Colombia has historically been a conservative firewall in Latin America, anchoring American policy on the hemispheric drug war and development policy. The election of that nation's first leftist leader, along with the rise of Chinese influence, signals the need for American policy to change.
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SOURCE: Council on Foreign Relations
10/3/2021
A Timeline of US-Colombia Relations Shows Influence of Cold War, War on Drugs
Over the two centuries since Colombia’s independence, the relationship between Washington and Bogota has evolved into a close economic and security partnership. But it has at times been strained by U.S. intervention, Cold War geopolitics, and the war on drugs.
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SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
6/8/2021
The U.S. War On Drugs Helped Unleash The Violence In Colombia Today
by Kyle Longley
Counternarcotics operations have been a pretext for funding a buildup of the Colombian security forces, allowing a US-friendly rightist government to avoid dealing with the economic and social causes of unrest.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
1/11/2021
Invasion of the Hippos: Colombia is Running Out of Time to Tackle Pablo Escobar’s Wildest Legacy
Colombian officials failed to castrate the large and potentially dangerous animals when their numbers were small. Now the country faces a potential invasive species calamity.
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SOURCE: Associated Press
8/31/2020
US Cables: Colombia’s Ex-President Suspected Of Militia Ties
The National Security Archive has publicized documents from the George W. Bush administration which show the US government was well aware of ties between Colombian president Alvaro Uribe and right-wing paramilitary groups that the US had identified as terrorist groups.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
12/24/19
Colombia’s conflict spills over to museum of memory
“What’s at stake is potentially losing the opportunity for the museum to be another instrument through which to build peace in Colombia,” said Rafael Tamayo, an academic who until recently served as the museum’s leader.
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SOURCE: National Security Archive
12/21/2018
Banana Officials Accused of Crimes Against Humanity in Colombia
Banana executives with Chiquita Brands now the subject of a major criminal investigation in Colombia were instrumental in the development and execution of company policies surrounding secret payments to Colombian guerrilla and paramilitary groups
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SOURCE: National Security Archive
5/25/18
Colombia's former president linked to Medellín drug cartel
A Colombian senator told the U.S. Embassy in 1993 that the founders of the Medellín drug cartel “financed” the election campaign of then-senator Álvaro Uribe Vélez, according to documents posted by the National Security Archive.
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SOURCE: WaPo
10-1-16
Here’s the century-long history behind Colombia’s peace agreement with the FARC
A central concern is the creation of “independent republics,” which critics of the peace deal claim the FARC will now establish.
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SOURCE: The Nation
10-27-15
Ending Colombia’s 100-Year War
by Greg Grandin
Peace talks, nudged along by Cuba and the Vatican, might finally bring an end to the hemisphere’s longest-running civil war.
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5-25-14
Why Colombian Peasants Are Again in Revolt -- And What's Different this Time
by Jason McGraw
Juan Valdez is mad as hell and he’s not going to take it anymore.
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SOURCE: The Guardian
12-20-13
Teaching Niall Ferguson a (Colombian) History Lesson
by David Hill
The Nukak indigenous people have suffered appallingly since first sustained contact, despite claims made by Ferguson.