List of Colombia articles
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Taxi drivers take part in a protest against the private taxi company Uber for alleged unfair competition, in Mexico City on May 25, 2015. Thousands of taxi drivers protested across the Mexican capital to demand the government to take action against Uber, while the company retaliates by offering free transport in the city. AFP PHOTO / Yuri CORTEZ (Photo credit should read YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images) Like Uber But for Protests: Rideshare Drivers Targeted in Mexico City
Protests against Uber in Mexico City got violent this week, just days before the implementation of new regulations for the controversial ridesharing app.
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A Colombian indigenous walks next to a graffiti of late FARC commander Alfonso Cano, in Toribio, department of Cauca, Colombia, on November 8, 2014. Seven suspected FARC guerrillas will be tried Sunday by an indigenous court for murdering two leaders of the Nasa tribe in western Colombia, officials said. When crimes are committed in aboriginal territory, the punishment for the accused is decided by the community and not the ordinary justice system. The suspected Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebel fighters on Wednesday attacked two native leaders who were removing billboards praising the late leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Guillermo Leon Saenz, also known as Alfonso Cano. AFP PHOTO / LUIS ROBAYO (Photo credit should read LUIS ROBAYO/AFP/Getty Images) Colombia’s Last Chance for Peace
The conflict-weary country had all but given up on the FARC peace process. Will the government’s new agreement to de-escalate bring renewed faith — or just more skepticism?
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GettyImages-480514008 cropped Another Step Toward Peace in Colombia
In response to a cease-fire offered by an increasingly desperate FARC, the Colombian government has promised to "de-escalate."
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GettyImages-454350361_960 Is Colombia Getting Played by the FARC?
The latest ceasefire is just a desperate grasp to save the country's doomed peace process.
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Afghan school girls play in the yard after their class at Ayesha primary school in Mazar-i Sharif on April 12, 2013. Under the hard line Taliban, who ruled Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001, cinema was banned and girls were prohibited from attending school. AFP PHOTO/ Farshad USYAN (Photo credit should read FARSHAD USYAN/AFP/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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falsecol Colombian Military Brass Likely Knew Their Soldiers Were Killing Civilians in Place of Guerrillas
After killing their victims, the report finds, soldiers would take their clothes and belongings, dress them in the guerrilla combat boots and fatigues, and plant weapons on them.
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469966004 cropped Peace is Coming to Colombia
Despite recent setbacks, the negotiation process between FARC and the government remains on track.
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466852731 cropped Something Is Rotten in the State of Venezuela
A new book alleges that Venezuela’s government increasingly resembles a criminal enterprise.
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US Deputy administrator of the US Drug E Following Prostitution Scandal, DEA Chief to Step Down
After a prostitution scandal and a vote of no confidence by House committee, the chief of the Drug Enforcement Administration will step down.
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51422614_960 Are Women the Key to Peace in Colombia?
As the country's five-decade war winds down, how the government disarms female fighters could define the coming truce.
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143139102 DEA Agents Partied With Prostitutes Paid for by Colombian Cartels
An internal review found DEA agents participated in sex parties with Colombian prostitutes. The drug cartels they are charged with stopping picked up the tab.
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460418780_960 The Amnesty Tightrope
If Colombia doesn’t cut a deal with rebel fighters, talks to end its 50-year-old war will almost surely fall apart. But if the deal is too sweet, it might derail the peace process.
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