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National Public Radio ran an interesting profile of the city of Medellín today. It is in some ways a reflective of Colombia's changes as a whole - not without its problems with poverty and violence, but leaps and bounds over what Medellín was like in the 1990s when it was the "Murder Capital of the World." …
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In Colombian schools, students are taught that there are six continents. Do a quick run through (Asia, Europe, Africa, Oceania, Antarctica, North and South America), and this seems a bit odd. Most of the world totals the number of continents at seven, not six. So what gives? Colombians, and many other Latin Americans, consider North …
An agreement on land reform policies has been reached at the ongoing peace negotiations between the FARC and the Colombian government. Land reform is one of the major issues dividing the rebels and the government and could be a big step forward towards an official ceasefire or disarmament. From the BBC: "Colombia and Farc rebels …
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