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Colombia recognizes Palestine as independent state
Aug 09, 2018 06:59The Colombian government has formally recognized Palestine as a sovereign state in a new diplomatic blow for the Israeli regime in the Occupied Territories.
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Colombia swears in new president, fate of FARC deal in limbo
Aug 08, 2018 12:40Colombia has sworn in a new president, Ivan Duque, who has been critical of the previous administration’s landmark peace deal with FARC, formerly an armed rebel group.
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Colombia's President Santos urges peace as FARC take seats in Congress
Jul 21, 2018 08:36Colombian former FARC guerrillas have taken their seats in Congress on Friday as part of an agreement that ended five decades of war, and outgoing President Juan Manuel Santos urged the nation to protect the nascent peace and put an end to violence.
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Maduro accuses Colombian pres. of fueling conflict to set up US intervention
Jun 16, 2018 12:53Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has accused his Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos of trying to start an “armed conflict” between the two neighbors and draw a US intervention.
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Colombia, ELN rebels end fifth round of talks without agreement
Jun 16, 2018 08:06The Colombian government and the ELN guerrilla group ended their fifth round of peace talks in Havana on Friday without reaching an agreement for a bilateral ceasefire, but vowed to continue their dialogue.
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Colombia to become first Latin American NATO ‘global Partner’: Santos
May 26, 2018 07:59Colombia will formally join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as a “global partner” next week, becoming the first Latin American country to gain membership of the US-led military alliance.
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Colombia evacuates nearly 5,000 people amid fears dam may burst
May 18, 2018 07:51Colombia has ordered the evacuation of nearly 5,000 people living along the Cauca river in the northern part of the country after construction problems at a hydroelectric dam prompted fears of massive flooding.
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Colombians vote in elections with participation of former rebel group FARC
Mar 11, 2018 16:35Colombians are taking to the polls to elect new lawmakers, with candidates from the leftist former guerrilla group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) taking part in the election for the first time.
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Colombia bomb attack kills 3 police, wounds 14
Jan 27, 2018 19:55At least three police officers were killed and 14 wounded on Saturday by an early morning bomb attack outside a police station in Colombia's coastal city of Barranquilla, authorities said.
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About 13 killed in clashes between Colombian rebels
Dec 06, 2017 07:02Thirteen people were killed in Colombia in a clash between National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels and FARC dissidents, the country's ombudsman said Tuesday.