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A ‘Colombian Bagdad’? Toribio, the FARC’s front-line

Boos and whistles greeted Juan Manuel Santos this morning as his presidential helicopter touched down in Toribio, south-west Colombia.  Santos lands after nearly a week of intense FARC bombardments that…

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Uribe turns Colombia’s political cold war caliente

Álvaro Uribe parked his tanks on President Juan Manuel Santos’ lawn this Thursday. At a special gathering of loyal followers in an exclusive club in the north of Bogota, Uribe…