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The “Cost of Doing Business in Colombia”
As international investors salivate over President Obama’s pledge today to back a long-debated U.S.-Colombia free trade pact, the publication of our latest Electronic Briefing Book should be seen as...
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Big Victory for Plaintiffs in Chiquita Paramilitary Suit
A federal judge today gave a big boost to thousands of plaintiffs in a human rights lawsuit brought against banana giant Chiquita Brands International for its admitted support of a Colombian terrorist...
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Document Friday: The Mapiripán Massacre “Cover-up”
The Colombian military falsely blamed a junior officer for complicity in a 1997 paramilitary massacre “as part an effort to confuse and cover up the responsibility of others,” according to a 2003 State...
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Mapiripán Massacre: Paras told U.S. Operation “well-coordinated in advance”...
Colombia’s Mapiripán massacre was “well-coordinated in advance” with the Colombian Army, according to confidential paramilitary sources, one of which the U.S. Embassy believed had “participated...
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Colombian Ex-General Sentenced in Death Squad Case
In a huge step forward for justice in Colombia, a former army general accused by prosecutors of forming a “macabre alliance” with illegal paramilitary death squads was sentenced to 25 years in prison...
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Colombia’s Peace Negotiators: The View from the United States
With great fanfare and even greater expectations, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos this week identified the people he’s chosen to represent the government in peace negotiations with the...
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Lifting the Veil on Colombia’s “Emerald Czar”
Follow the Colombia Documentation Project on Twitter @Colombiadocs If you’re not too busy prepping for the holiday break, take a few minutes to read our latest Electronic Briefing Book about the...
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Miraflores: Top Colombian Officials Dismissed “Apocryphal” Warning of 1997...
Follow the Colombia Documentation Project on Twitter @Colombiadocs Top Colombian civilian and military officials dismissed specific warnings of the October 1997 paramilitary assault in Miraflores,...
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“Emerald Czar” Document Spurs Controversy, Investigation
Follow the Colombia Documentation Project on Twitter @Colombiadocs Colombian prosecutors will investigate allegations in a recently published State Department cable that billionaire Víctor Carranza was...
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Eavesdropping on Allies Nothing New For U.S.
Those who were shocked (shocked!) to learn that the National Security Agency spies on friendly governments in Brazil and Mexico might want to revisit an Electronic Briefing Book published more than...
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