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AGC goes to War with FARC dissident group EMC: but civilians are caught in the crossfire
Red Cross says it is the 7th internal conflict in the country
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Daniela.

March 2024

Why the Pope declared war on capybaras
When the Vatican declared our gentle furry friends to be "fish", a near-extinction event followed
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Joshua Collins
Feminist rage against violence in Colombia
Riot police attacked demonstrations against gender-based violence in Bogota as similar marches united women in more than a dozen countries throughout…
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Daniela.
Scars from war, an imperfect peace, and eating worms in the Amazon Jungle
Befriending an indigenous family in the Brazilian borderlands gave me a new perspective on conflict, and myself
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Joshua Collins
4
Argentine politicians wanted to copycat Bukele: it started a gang war instead
The dark episode illustrates a bloody failure of implementing "the Bukele strategy" in other Latam countries
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Paulo Rosas Chávez
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Colombia's Prison Crisis illustrates why penal reform is so difficult
Punitive populism and a feedback loop of "tough on crime" campaigns are leading to insecurity at prisons in Latam
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Joshua Collins
1
Remembering Ecuador's Lost Paradise
I grew up here. It seems like the "solutions" to Ecuador's very real security crisis are hurting more than helping
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Joshua Collins
He isn't on the ballot, but Mexican elections are still a referendum on AMLO
Campaign season just started. What matters and what doesn’t at the polls
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Joshua Collins

February 2024

Colombia to stop arms purchases from Israel in response to attack on humanitarian aid delivery
President Petro vows to end a decades-long security relationship. What does that mean for Colombian forces?
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Joshua Collins
3
Bogotá, a city plagued by insecurity and desperate for a solution
Criminal enterprises, violence and a lack of police are filling Colombia's capital with paranoia. Now, voices of various political leanings are calling…
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Daniela.
2
Ortega's Marriage of Inconvenience with Christian Evangelism in Nicaragua
Self-Proclaimed Christian Zionists are at odds with the country's public-facing Israel policy
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Joshua Collins
4
Working Class journalism is back, baby!
Rumors of the death of the 4th Estate were greatly exaggerated, instead, a renaissance is occurring
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Joshua Collins
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