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    Opinion
    Coca plants in the Guaviare department, Colombia. The leaves are the raw ingredient used to make cocaine.
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    Opinion: To End The Drug War, Help Coca Farmers Find A Way Out

    Mar 05, 2021
    U.S. policy has focused on eradicating the crop used for making cocaine in Colombia. Here's why farmers keep replanting it.
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    Latin America
    Colombian President Iván Duque unveiled a program last month that will allow undocumented Venezuelan migrants to legally live and work in Colombia for up to 10 years.
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    Colombia's President On Amnesty For Venezuelans: 'We Want To Set An Example'

    Mar 03, 2021
    "We want to demonstrate that although we're not a rich country, we can do something that is humanitarian ... but at the same time is an intelligent and sound migration policy," Iván Duque tells NPR.
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    World
    Venezuelan migrants take a lunch break at the gooseberry farm where they work on the outskirts of Bogotá, Colombia.
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    'A Huge Opportunity': Venezuelan Migrants Welcome Colombia's New Open-Door Policy

    Feb 26, 2021
    Colombia's president has unveiled a program to let undocumented Venezuelan migrants live and work legally in the country for up to 10 years. Nearly a million Venezuelans in Colombia lack legal status.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    An employee places bouquets on shelves in Bogotá on Feb. 1, as Colombia prepares to export flowers for Valentine's Day amid the new coronavirus pandemic.
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    There's A Good Chance Your Valentine's Flowers Come From Colombia

    Feb 14, 2021
    The country is the top flower exporter to the U.S. When the pandemic hit, farmers feared they'd have to destroy flower beds and lay off thousands of workers. Here's why that didn't happen.
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    Latin America
    Colombian President Ivan Duque (right) and UN High Commissioner for Refugees Italian Filippo Grandi (left) held a briefing in Bogota on Feb. 8 to announce the temporary regularization of almost one million undocumented Venezuelans living in Colombia.
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    Colombia Offers Temporary Legal Status To Nearly 1 Million Venezuelan Migrants

    Feb 09, 2021
    The move will allow migrants to work legally in Colombia, obtain 10-year residence permits and access social services including healthcare and COVID-19 vaccines.
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    Latin America
    Ana Teresa Castillo, who runs a shelter for Venezuelan migrants in the Colombian border town of Villa del Rosario, says she is tending to many more rape victims now than before the pandemic began. She blames the closing of official border posts and gangs
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    Women Fleeing Venezuela Are Targeted With Sexual Assault As They Cross Into Colombia

    Jan 29, 2021
    Human rights activists have reported a sharp increase in sexual assaults and human trafficking involving Venezuelan women and girls trying to reach Colombia since the border closed amid the pandemic.
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    Race
    Members of Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) protest against the death of George Floyd outside U.S. Consulate in solidarity with Black Lives Matter movement on June 8, 2020 in Sandton, South Africa.
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    In 2020, Protests Spread Across The Globe With A Similar Message: Black Lives Matter

    Dec 30, 2020
    Journalists based in Colombia, South Africa and Indonesia talk about how the Black Lives Matter movement inspired activists abroad this year.
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    World
    People who migrated from Venezuela to Colombia are deported.
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    Large Venezuelan Migration Sparks Xenophobic Backlash In Colombia

    Dec 29, 2020
    About 2 million Venezuelans have settled in Colombia in recent years amid their country's deep economic crisis. Some of the migrants are shocked by their neighbors' anti-Venezuelan attitudes.
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    America Reckons With Racial Injustice
    The statue of Sebastián de Belalcázar, a 16th century Spanish conquistador, lies on the ground after it was pulled down by Indigenous people in Popayán, Colombia, earlier this year.
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    U.S. Statue Removals Inspire Indigenous People In Latin America To Topple Monuments

    Sep 30, 2020
    The latest target was a statue of Sebastián de Belalcázar, a Spanish conquistador who founded two Colombian cities and led a military campaign that killed and enslaved thousands of Indigenous people.
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    World
    Contraband fuel sits on the side of a road in Puerto Santander, Colombia, on May 31, 2019. The Venezuelan government's lack of cash to import gasoline combined with U.S. sanctions targeting the oil sector have led to chronic fuel shortages in Venezuela.
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    Venezuela's Fuel Shortage Upends Longtime Colombian Border Gas Smuggling Trade

    Sep 10, 2020
    Motorists near Colombia's border with Venezuela used to opt for cheaper, smuggled gas from the neighboring country. Now the tables have turned.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Former Colombian President (2002-2010) and Sen. Álvaro Uribe goes to a hearing before the Supreme Court of Justice in a case over witness tampering in Bogotá, Colombia, on Oct. 8, 2019. The Supreme Court has now ordered Uribe be put under house arrest.
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    Colombia's Ex-President Uribe Is Put Under House Arrest, Catches Coronavirus

    Aug 05, 2020
    The Supreme Court ordered house arrest as it investigates whether he had a role in a scheme to bribe witnesses in a case involving to right-wing paramilitary death squads.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    Police stand guard during a government order for residents to stay home, to help contain the spread of the new coronavirus, as a resident walks to a food store in Soacha on the outskirts of Bogotá, Colombia, on March 25.
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    Colombia Sees Bouts Of Looting As Coronavirus Fallout Puts People Out Of Work

    Jul 17, 2020
    The most dramatic case occurred earlier this month when a scramble to steal gasoline ended in a hellish fireball. Other recent incidents involved residents pilfering a humanitarian aid vehicle.
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    Goats and Soda
    Antonio Cartagena, an accordion player in a mariachi group meets his bandmates on the street in Medelli­n, Colombia.
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    How 6 Problem-Solvers Tackled Pandemic Challenges In Their Neighborhoods

    Jul 12, 2020
    From a generous urban farmer to a roving mariachi band, people are using their talents to help others. Read their stories — then nominate a problem-solver in your community.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    Shoppers browse at an electronics store in Bogotá, Colombia, on June 19. Shoppers flocked to Colombian shopping malls to take advantage of a day without value added tax, which triggered Black Friday-style shopping frenzies.
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    In Colombia, Tax-Free Holidays Lead Critics To Decry 'COVID Friday'

    Jun 28, 2020
    Seeking ways to boost to its economy, Colombia has set aside three tax-free shopping days this summer. Critics fear they could become super spreader events for the coronavirus.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Residents of the Colombian capital Bogotá hang red rags from their windows and balconies to signal their need for help with food during the coronavirus pandemic.
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    During Colombia's Coronavirus Lockdown, Needy Residents Signal SOS With Red Rags

    May 27, 2020
    "It's not just city hall that has to act. You have to promote solidarity among neighbors," says a mayor who encourages residents sheltering in place to hang red rags so others will know to help them.
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    World
    In an image from a YouTube video released on Aug. 29, 2019, shows Former senior commander Iván Márquez (center) and fugitive rebel colleague, Jesús Santrich (wearing sunglasses), of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia at an undisclosed location
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    Many Of Colombia's Ex-Rebel Fighters Rearm And Turn To Illegal Drug Trade

    May 19, 2020
    Since the country's 2016 peace deal, former rebels have joined armed groups operating in narcotics trafficking, extortion and illegal gold mining, according to the Colombian military.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Venezuelan migrants in Colombia walk toward the border amid the coronavirus lockdown. Colombian officials say 12,000 Venezuelans have taken buses back to their home country since Colombia imposed restrictions to stop the outbreak.
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    Thousands Of Migrants Head Back To Venezuela To Flee Colombia's COVID-19 Lockdown

    Apr 28, 2020
    Colombian officials say 12,000 Venezuelans have taken buses back to their home country since Colombia imposed restrictions to stop the coronavirus outbreak. Many other Venezuelans are fleeing on foot.
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    Latin America
    Harold Tenorio is the director of a folk music school in Tumaco, Colombia.
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    Afro-Colombian Music Offers Youths A Rhythmic Alternative To Drug Gangs

    Apr 13, 2020
    Currulao combines drums and marimbas and is popular along the country's Pacific coast where most of the population is Afro-Colombian. One verse goes: "We no longer have peace in our paradise."
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Álvaro Callama is an electrician from Venezuela who fled to Colombia two years ago. He says immigrants in the country are struggling after the authorities passed measures to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.
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    After Fleeing Crisis, Venezuelan Migrants Now Struggle In Coronavirus Lockdown

    Apr 03, 2020
    Colombia is home to about 1.7 million who fled neighboring Venezuela in recent years. Now that it has shut down to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the migrants say they are extra vulnerable.
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    World
    A soldier stands guard on a street in Ituango, Colombia, on Oct. 19, 2019. The town is home to a new public radio station staffed by ex-FARC rebels and war victims. Reporters often conduct interviews with former combatants and update listeners on the pro
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    In Colombia, Ex-FARC Rebels And War Victims Work Together At New Radio Stations

    Feb 11, 2020
    The public radio stations "can be fundamental in constructing peace," says Juan Pablo Madrid, an analyst at Bogotá's Foundation for Press Freedom. But some employees are facing threats from gangs.
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    World
    Manuel Gonzales, a FARC political leader and former FARC commander, hugs a friend at the funeral of his son, former FARC guerrilla Manuel Antonio Gonzalez, in Medellin, Colombia, in December. Gonzales was shot dead near the Territorial Area of Training a
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    Colombia's FARC Rebels Laid Down Their Weapons, But A Growing Number Are Being Killed

    Feb 06, 2020
    FARC guerrillas agreed to disarm in a 2016 peace deal, and Colombia's government promised to protect them. But in the years since, nearly 200 former FARC rebels have been attacked and killed.
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    World
    A deserted beach in Gorgona National Park, an island 21 miles off Colombia's Pacific coast.
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    Colombia's Former Prison Island Gorgona Is Open For Tourists — And Snakes

    Dec 08, 2019
    Nature has taken over this onetime penal colony turned national park, surrounded by waters popular with divers for their sharks, rays and whales. A resort manager calls it a "mini-Galápagos."
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    Latin America
    Anti-government protesters rally on Friday in Bogotá, the second day of their protests against President Iván Duque, who is trying to get a grip on the unrest by announcing a "national dialogue."
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    Amid Protests, Colombia's Capital Placed Under Curfew

    Nov 23, 2019
    Major rallies started on Thursday as demonstrators are "angry over a great big long list of issues." President Iván Duque is trying to get a grip on the unrest by announcing a "national dialogue."
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    World
    Workers prune marijuana plants at a Clever Leaves greenhouse in Pesca, Colombia. The company employs over 450 people.
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    Colombia Is Turning Into A Major Medical Marijuana Producer

    Sep 07, 2019
    The country wants to shake its image as an illicit narco nation. Now it's already home to more than two dozen legit cannabis companies, with exports to Canada and the U.K.
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    Code Switch
    Elena Hinestrosa and her ensemble, Integración Pacífica, perform at one of Petronio Alvarez Music Festival's educational panels.
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    Colombia's Big Summer Music Festival Is All About Blackness

    Sep 05, 2019
    The Petronio Alvarez festival is the big event of the summer — five days of music and food and fashion. More than 100,000 people travel to celebrate Afro-Colombian culture.
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