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Colombian commandos assassinate ex-FARC rebel in Venezuela: Dissident group
May 19, 2021 11:05Colombian commandos have assassinated a former commander of the now-disbanded Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Venezuela.
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Protests continue in Colombia, more deaths reported
May 12, 2021 08:21People in Colombia continue to stage protests against the government of President Ivan Duque, and more deaths are being reported as a result of a crackdown by security forces in the country.
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Over 370 people go missing during 9 days of tax reform protests in Colombia: Rights Group
May 08, 2021 04:54A total of 379 people went missing in Colombia over nine days of protests triggered by the now-shelved tax reform, the Movice National Movement of Victims of State Crime has announced.
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Police, protesters hurl rocks at each other in tense Colombia protest
Apr 30, 2021 11:25Protesters and police standing on opposite sides in the Colombian capital traded rocks Thursday, amid public outrage over a planned tax reform in the country.
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Eight Venezuelan soldiers killed in clashes with Colombian militia
Apr 29, 2021 10:11Eight Venezuelan soldiers have been killed in fighting with illegal Colombian armed groups along the border with Colombia, the Venezuelan Defense Ministry says.
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Venezuela sets up military unit on volatile border with Colombia
Apr 06, 2021 12:40Venezuela has set up a special military unit on its border with Colombia, following incursions by armed Colombian groups that have caused Venezuelan casualties.
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Russia expels two Colombian diplomats in tit-for-tat move
Dec 23, 2020 15:25Russia has expelled two Colombian diplomats in response to the expulsion of two of its diplomats from the South American country.
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Colombia official says troops alone will not stop killings
Aug 29, 2020 06:31A recent spate of mass killings in Colombia will not be stopped by the presence of the armed forces alone, a high-ranking security official said this week, emphasizing that social investment is key to ending violence.
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Maduro: US, Colombia have long plotted to assassinate me
Aug 24, 2020 15:19Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has denounced the United States and its allies in neighboring Colombia for their longtime plots to eliminate him and the Latin American country’s senior military officials.
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Venezuela captures 39 ‘army deserters’ over botched plot
May 15, 2020 09:26Venezuelan troops have arrested 39 army forces on the Colombian border, over a recent botched plot to kidnap President Nicolas Maduro.