COLOMBIA CONFLICT
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Conflicts & War
Colombian mothers of false positive victims demand “real justice”
Soacha, Colombia, May 10 (EFE).- Mothers and other relatives of young people murdered by the Colombian army as so-called “false…
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Conflicts & War
Pain of Colombia’s Bojaya massacre still lingers on 20th anniversary
By Ricardo Maldonado Rozo Bojaya, Colombia, May 2 (EFE).- Survivors and family members of the victims of a 2002 church…
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Conflicts & War
At least 6 FARC dissidents killed in Colombia military operation
Bogota, Apr 30 (EFE).- At least six suspected dissident FARC rebels were killed in a military operation in the eastern…
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Human Interest
At Colombian indigenous leader’s funeral, mourners demand protection
Toribío, Colombia, Mar 17 (EFE).- Hundreds of people turned out to farewell Colombian indigenous leader Miller Correa on Thursday amid…
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Conflicts & War
Reporters put lives on the line to keep people informed in northeast Colombia
By Jorge Gil Angel Saravena, Colombia, Mar 3 (EFE).- Radio broadcasters in the northeastern Colombian department of Arauca, the scene…
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Conflicts & War
Violence persists in Colombia’s Putumayo 5 years after peace deal
By Laia Mataix Gomez Mocoa, Colombia, Mar 2 (EFE).- Violence in the Colombian municipality of Putumayo continues to claim the…
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Conflicts & War
Saravena, a Colombian rural area mired in conflict
By Jorge Gil Angel Saravena, Colombia, Feb 24 (EFE).- Broken glass, destroyed buildings and makeshift barricades line the streets in…
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Conflicts & War
8 Injured at start of Colombian rebels’ ‘armed strike’
Bogota, Feb 23 (EFE).- A so-called “armed strike” by Colombia’s National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla group shut down transportation in…
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Environment
Deforestation in Colombia increased after 2016 peace accord
Washington, Feb 21 (EFE).- Deforestation in Colombia has increased since the peace agreement between the government and the guerrilla movement…
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Conflicts & War
“They were recruiting children”: people displaced by guerrilla war speak out
Puerto Carreño, Colombia, Jan 28 (EFE).- Tania and her two daughters are one of the 277 families who were forced…
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