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How Colombia’s Peace Deal Is Failing
“You can try to put a band-aid on this conflict, but you can’t defuse the time bomb, because there’s a deeper social conflict that underlies it.”
Colombia Failed These Coca Farmers. Now They're Turning Back To The Cartels
“There isn’t much coca left in this area, but if the state doesn’t do what it promised, this place will be full of coca again.”
Inside Colombia’s rebel region as the country votes on its future
“We don't want to be stuck in the middle of a war again.”
Thousands of Colombians wave white flags for peace
The war with the FARC, together with some other similar conflicts in Colombia, has killed an estimated 220,000 people and forced nearly 7 million from their homes.
Colombia's ex-president spent years trying to thwart FARC peace deal
After years of hard work to prevent a peace deal between the rebels and his successor's government, former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe has propelled himself back into the global conversation
Colombian voters just rejected the country’s historic peace deal
In a shocking turn, an accord that would have ended the 52-year war between the Colombian government and FARC rebels was narrowly rejected during a referendum.
The DEA's war on narco-terrorism just got more complicated
For years, DEA operatives have posed as FARC rebels in order to bust suspected terrorists and drug dealers. What will they do now that peace is coming to Colombia?