List of Colombia articles
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TUMACO, COLOMBIA: An anti-narcotics policeman stands guard in front of packages of cocaine that were confiscated during an operation in the port of Tumaco, in southwestern Colombia, 20 April, 2002. Three tons of cocaine, meant for shipment to the United States and Europe, were seized during the raid. AFP PHOTO/Gerardo GOMEZ (Photo credit should read GERARDO GOMEZ/AFP/Getty Images) Cocaine Is Booming in Colombia and the President Is Tanking
Can Pence keep Colombia from becoming another Venezuela?
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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos (C) arrives at a coca plantation in Pueblo Nuevo, Briceno municipality, Antioquia department, Colombia, on May 15, 2017. The Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) leftist guerrillas inaugurated a plan to eradicate coca plantations and replace them with legal crops. / AFP PHOTO / RAUL ARBOLEDA (Photo credit should read RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP/Getty Images) Peace, Drugs, and Tough Love for Colombia’s Santos in Washington
With coca production rising, Venezuela melting down next door, and a Trump administration ambivalent about a peace deal with the FARC, the embattled Colombian president has a lot on his plate.
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FARC guerrillas march in column during a review at their camp in the Transitional Standardization Zone in Pondores, La Guajira department, Colombia on April 3, 2017. The Colombian government reported that the FARC guerrillas provided a total list with the names of the 6,084 members of the rebel group who have gathered in 26 "standardization zones" across the country, where they are building accomodations that will house them until the end of the disarmament process, outlined in the peace agreement reached in November 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Joaquin Sarmiento (Photo credit should read JOAQUIN SARMIENTO/AFP/Getty Images) Colombia’s Tenuous Peace Needs U.S. Support
Donald Trump must help Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos keep the peace.
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santos Colombia’s Santos Heads to White House to Urge Closer Ties
In the middle of a wave of scandals and just ahead of Trump’s big foreign trip, Juan Manuel Santos brings a wish list to the White House.
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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos addresses the opening the XXX International Book Fair of Bogota on April 25, 2017 in Bogota, Colombia. The nation of France and its contribution to literature is the fair's guest of honor this year. / AFP PHOTO / RAUL ARBOLEDA (Photo credit should read RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP/Getty Images) Does Trump Have a Plan for Colombia?
A conversation with Juan Carlos Pinzoń, the Colombian ambassador to the United States.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Best Things of 2016
Leonardo DiCaprio finally won an Oscar. Beyonce’s ‘Lemonade’ was released. But what else happened this past year that calls for celebrating?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Weekend Behind, the Week Ahead: Vive Le Pen, Don’t Take out Banners in Russia, and Maybe Cabinet Picks
From Mitt Romney to Marine Le Pen, Italian politics to a Colombian peace deal, here's what happened in the world this weekend.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Colombian Government Says New Peace Deal Final, Senate to Meet Soon
The opposition may want peace deal negotiations to continue, but Colombia's government has other ideas.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Weekend Behind, The Week Ahead: Bias-Based Crimes in America, Elections in Bulgaria, Peace Deal in Colombia, Obama off to Europe
Here's the rundown of what happened this past weekend and what to look for this week while you sip your Monday morning coffee.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 To Achieve Real Peace in Colombia, Go After the FARC’s Money
The FARC has no legitimate claim to its blood money stashed abroad.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Do Internationally Backed Peace Processes Fail?
FP staffers talk about their reporting on the ground in South Sudan and Colombia and how war crimes, revolution, women, and Washington all played a role in those countries’ faltering peace processes.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Good Is a Nobel Peace Prize in Colombia?
Some see the Nobel Peace Prize as an inspiration for Colombians to seek peace. Others see it as an affront against the president's opponents.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Unthinkable Olive Branch
Sometimes the only way to end a conflict is to forgive those who were behind it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Dangers of Giving the Common Man a Say
When politics stop making sense, political elites have to turn to the public — even when it’s a bad idea.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Will FARC and Colombia Return to the Battlefield?
After a failed referendum, what comes next will determine whether war or peace breaks out.