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Colombia: News & Updates
Colombia has the world's second largest population of internally displaced persons (five million) due to the half-century internal armed conflict—the longest-running war in the Western Hemisphere (since 1964). Control for territory and popular support among the three main groups (left-wing rebel forces FARC & ELN, right-wing paramilitaries, Colombian police/military) has left 220,000 killed, 75% of them non-combatants. Since 2000, the US has exacerbated the violence by sending more than $9 billion in mostly military assistance. Colombia, which has both Pacific and Atlantic coastlines, holds strategic interest for the US for global trade and military posturing.
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RRN Letter
April 2, 2008
RRN Letter
April 1, 2008
RRN Letter
March 23, 2008
RRN Case Update
March 1, 2008
Justapaz thanks people of the U.S. for their solidarity
RRN Letter
February 26, 2008
RRN Letter
February 22, 2008
RRN Case Update
February 1, 2008
Landmark court ruling to protect the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartadó
RRN Letter
January 11, 2008
RRN Letter
December 15, 2007
RRN Letter
December 13, 2007