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Latin America and ALBA-TCP Opinion South America

The Scramble for Catatumbo

October 17, 2021 Maria Fernanda Barreto armed conflict, bolivarian revolution, catatumbo, Colombia, Colombia always being a US ppupet, Colombia paramilitaries, control of natural resources, cucuta, drug routes, Drug Trafficking, European Union (EU), Extreme right opposition, Forced disappearance, hybrid war, Ivan Duque, Juan Guaido, Maracaibo, militarization of Colombia, narcoterrorism, norte de santander, Plan Colombia, sactions and looting of Venezuelan assets, uribismo, US Interventionism, US military bases, Venezuela, Zulia

By María Fernanda Barreto – Oct 15, 2021 The beautiful and strategic Catatumbo River originates in Colombia in the department

Latin America and ALBA-TCP Opinion South America

Juvenicide: A Crime of the Multidimensional War in Colombia

August 15, 2021 Maria Fernanda Barreto Cali, class war, Colombia, Colombia always being a US ppupet, Colombian paramilitary violence, Corporate media, ESMAD, Forced disappearance, genocide, human rights violations, juvenicide, lawfare, Media Disinformation, Paro Nacional, police repression, Primera Línea, state terrorism, uribismo, US Imperialism, War on Drugs

By María Fernanda Barreto – Aug 12, 2021 At the beginning of the 1990s as the victor of the “cold

International Opinion US/Canada

Colombia’s Nazistic Horrors Show How the US Government Will React to Future Domestic Revolts

June 30, 2021 Rainer Shea Alexis López, Alvaro Uribe, Assassination of Colombian social leaders, Chile, Colombia, colombia is a narco state, dissipated molecular revolution, domestic terror, FARC-EP, Hamas, human rights crisis in Colombia, human shield claims, Israel, Ivan Duque, militarization, Paro Nacional, police violence, uribismo, Zionism

By Rainer Shea – Jun 26, 2021 With the world-shocking acts of state violence that have been carried out by

Civilians shoot at protesters next to the Colombian Police. (Photo: File)

Latin America and ALBA-TCP News South America

Colombia’s Uribismo Forms Urban Paramilitary Cells (Cali’s Ciudad Jardin Massacre)

June 22, 2021 orinocotribune Cali, Ciudad Jardin, Colombia, Cuestion Publica, human right abuses, Human Rights, Ivan Duque, Massacre, Minga, National Strike, paramilitary, Paro Nacional, uribismo, vigilante groups

On June 16, the Colombian investigative journalism group Cuestion Publica published the report “When the Police Are Allied with Armed

Latin America and ALBA-TCP Opinion South America

Colombia: Will the Government Yield?

May 8, 2021May 10, 2021 Angel Guerra Cabrera Albaro Uribe, Colombia, Gustavo Petro, Ivan Duque, massacres, Neoliberalism, protests, tax reform, uribismo

By Ángel Guerra Cabrera – May 5, 2021 “They are killing us!” The cry comes from the people, millions who

Latin America and ALBA-TCP News

How a Colombian Smear Campaign Rocked Ecuador’s Presidential Election

March 20, 2021 otowenh Alexander Main, Alvaro Uribe, Andres Arauz, Andrés Felipe Vanegas Londoño, Colombia, Colombian political intervention, conspiracy theory, Ecuador, Ecuador 2021 elections, ELN funding narrative, Ivan Duque, Jeremy Ross, Latin America and the Caribbean, Progressive international, uribismo, Yaku Perez

See also Part I: “How a Colombian Ex-President Went to Bat for Trump in Florida” The previous piece in this series explored how

Uribismo shadow over 2022 Colombian Presidential elections

Latin America and ALBA-TCP Opinion South America

Uribismo Against Cuba, Venezuela and Russia

January 24, 2021 Maria Fernanda Barreto Alvaro Uribe, Castro-Chavismo, Colombia, Cuba, FARC-EP, Frente Francisco de Miranda, Ivan Duque, Juan Manuel Santos, peace, psuv, Roy Barreras, Russia, uribismo, Venezuela

By Maria Fernanda Barreto – Jan 22, 2021 The most violent oligarchy in the continent needs a powerful enemy to

Latin America and ALBA-TCP Opinion

Crisis & Critique: Venezuela and Latin America’s October Storm

November 9, 2019November 9, 2019 orinocotribune Latin America, Lima Group, October 2019, Peronism, President Maduro, uribismo, Venezuela

The neoliberal right is in deep crisis across Latin America. Ociel Lopez analyzes the geopolitical implications for Venezuela. By Ociel

International Latin America and ALBA-TCP News

NYT Journalist Leaves Colombia After Exposing Extrajudicial Killings By Army

May 21, 2019May 21, 2019 eferrari10 Colombia, Death Threath, False positives, farc, María Fernanda Cabal, New York Times, NYT, press freedom, uribismo

US journalist Nicholas Casey, correspondent in Colombia of The New York Times, left the country on Sunday for security reasons