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Colombian left-wing presidential candidate Gustavo Petro and his candidate for Vice-President Francia Marquez of the Historic Pact coalition celebrate after Petro's victory in the second round of the presidential election, at the Movistar Arena, in Bogota, Colombia June 19, 2022. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

27 Jun 2022 8 minute read

A new chapter for Colombia?

Colombia’s first leftwing president-elect, Gustavo Petro, is riding a wave of hope. But, as Nick MacWilliam...

28 Mar 2022 5 minute read

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Could the Left take power in Colombia?

With the South American country closer than ever to electing a leftwing government, Nick MacWilliam...

12 Mar 2022 1 minute read

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Who will protect the land?

Hazel Sheffield explores how the history of failed land reform in Colombia threatens both people and planet...

Colombian anti-drug policemen and a dog stand guard at a coca plantation in Tumaco, Colombia February 26, 2020. Picture taken February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

12 Oct 2021 5 minute read

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An uneasy peace for Colombia’s coca farmers

Five years on from the peace agreement, rural violence continues and coca production is on the rise. Joe Ballesteros...

12 Aug 2021 2 minute read

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Colombia: iron fist

Carole Concha Bell on Iván Duque’s ‘cosmetic’ police reform.

27 Aug 2020 3 minute read

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Hall of infamy: Iván Duque Márquez

Colombian technocrat Iván Duque Márquez is not exactly a fan of peace.

23 Nov 2018 3 minute read

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Colombia’s peace deal, two years on: ‘We can’t stop now’

Women fought hard for recognition in their country’s peace agreement. Now they must defend it from a deadly backlash....

The road to peace in Colombia: the funeral in April 2017 of indigenous leader Gerson Acosta, among the hundreds killed since the peace deal of 2016.

31 Aug 2018 6 minute read

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The slow and bloody road to justice

Colombia’s peace deal promised the return of stolen lands. But it isn’t so easy to achieve, Mira Galanova...

Three former guerrillas watch the election results from La Tienda, the social space in the Icononzo reintegration zone.

19 Jun 2018 5 minute read

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FARC fears after rightwing Duque elected

Kimberley Brown speaks to former guerillas after president who vowed to rip up peace deal elected.

11 Jun 2018 5 minute read

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Colombia’s election could shred peace deal

Kimberley Brown interviews former presidential candidate Piedad Cordoba, who explains the high stakes.

31 May 2018 5 minute read

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Colombia’s political prisoners’ futures hang on electoral outcome

Guerrillas talk about the peace process. Alicia Prager reports.

22 Feb 2018 3 minute read

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Why make women suffer twice?

Don’t cut Oxfam’s support – we need it to root out abuse, says Colombian feminist Gloria Sanchez.

Illicit crops are still the only option for farmers like Arnulfo Perdomo.

1 Jan 2018 2 minute read

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War on coca farmers continues

Inside the deeply-rooted economy of cocaine production and trafficking in Colombia. Bram Ebus reports.

ELN interview: Guerrilla leader Pablo Beltrán of Colombia’s ELN talks to Mónica del Pilar Uribe Marín

27 Nov 2017 7 minute read

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Guerrillas gamble for peace

‘Each person must say we won’t do this again.’ Guerrilla leader Pablo Beltrán of Colombia’s ELN talks to ...

1 Sep 2017 3 minute read

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Revolution in the classroom: Escuela Nueva

Mónica del Pilar Uribe Marín praises Colombia’s best-known pedagogical export, Escuela Nueva.

22 Aug 2017 2 minute read

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VIDEO: ‘This is cultural genocide’

Colombia’s Indigenous communities fight for cultural survival. Hazel Healy reports.

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