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On the Eve of Elections, Colombia evaluates its recent Past
In Sunday's elections Colombians will vote on the future of their country. Above all, the election is a referendum on Democratic Security, the hard-handed policy of cracking down on left-wing guerrillas while demobilizing paramilitary forces, made possible with massive financial backing from the United States. The man synonymous with that policy, Alvaro Uribe, is stepping down after two terms in office. This video report makes up the balance after eight years of Democratic Security and asks; What now for Colombia?
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Colombia Attributes Rise in Cyclops Babies to Environment
They are called Cyclops, because of its similarity with the one-eyed giant of Greek mythology. But the reality is very hard, because they have no chance of life. These babies are born with one eye in the middle of the face; the nose, when they have it, is flawed, so they can not breathe and die at birth, when the umbilical cord is cut. According to the medical literature, there is one case per 150 thousand live births. But in Cali, Colombia, during the past three years, seven babies were born, surpassing all the statistics.
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Democratic Security in Colombia
Cartoon about the strategy of 'democratic security', which is likely to be continued after the election of a new president.
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The Forgotten Kidnapped of Colombia
Disappointing attitude of Colombian government about kidnapping.
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Colombia: The corners of the peace
In the South East of Colombia, the displaced peasant by the armed conflict are building their own true peaceful corner, making use of a community work program and communal ownership. Their products are starting to enter the European markets.
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The Indigenous Guard: A force to be reckoned with in Colombia’s civil conflict
The Indigenous Guard of Colombia’s Cauca region is an aboriginal institution responsible for security in the indigenous territories of the southwest. Despite operating in an area where different armed-groups such as guerrillas, paramilitaries and soldiers often cross each other’s paths, members of the Guard manage to fight crime and keep the peace without bearing arms.
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Colombia: Widows of the Press
In Colombia over 70 journalists have been assasinated in the past two decades. In over half of those cases the murder was directly related to the reporter's work. But a journalist is more than just a messenger. He or she is also a brother or a sister, father or mother, husband or wife.
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Colombia’s Rising Trend of Teen Pregnancy
More and more teenagers in Colombia are getting pregnant. How can this trend be stopped?
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A Controversial Law in Colombia
The 'Ley de Justizia Y Paz' (Law on Justice and Peace) has attracted a lot of controversy in Colombia.
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In Search of Colombia's Forced Disappeared
The neighbors of the "El Cacerio," witnesses of the massacre, also know where the corpses are. They don't forget that the paramilitaries forced them at gunpoint to bury the bodies. Justice and reconciliation.
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Governmental Failure: Displaced Fight for Survival
In Cali, two women have begun to feed the displaced victims of Colombia's conflict.
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Colombian Army Killers Elude Justice
Dozens of soldiers in Colombia accused of killing hundreds of young people were released, due to the slow wheels of Colombian justice.
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Enemies of the State: Journalists, Judges, Human Rights Activists
For the first time in Colombia's history, a government is daring to spy on both its opponents and supporters on a grand scale.
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Dog Reminds Colombian City of Environment’s Importance
"Mona" is a real Eco Dog. In her native Cali, in Colombia, she keeps her local river clean and reminds swimmers to clean up after themselves.
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Could a Small Colombian Town be the Next Hollywood?
Victor Gonzalez is "the director." In his very small town, where almost everybody is a black farm worker, he has achieved a dream: to be a film director, with natural actors, who spend all their free time making movies. He doesn't even have a camera, so he uses his cell phone or his picture camera. Incredibly, the quality of the four films that he has shot is extraordinary. He edits his filming using a borrowed computer. This filming activity has become a social matter in Villa Paz, where the pictures are projected in houses, and even in the small church. But mainly, for lots of inhabitants, they now have a personal goal: to become professional actors - a real feat in a place where the options for better work are very limited. Now, they call Villa Paz "Villawood."
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Colombian Police Train Rats to Tackle Mine Problem
In a Colombian police laboratory, these rats search for powerful plastic explosives using their acute sense of smell. The rats are capable of detecting explosives that are buried up to 30 centimeters beneath the ground.
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AIDS Town: Dealing with a Public Health Problem
During the night and especially on weekends, music, liquor and sex are the protagonists in "El Placer" ["The Pleasure"]. As its name implies, it delivers pleasure, and many women sell their bodies here.
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Community Mothers: the difference between life and death for millions of children
In Colombia a project of community homes has saved close to 1.5 million children up to 5 years old from fatal accidents and death by malnutrition. Faced with a glaring absence of child daycare facilities, a group of mothers came up with the idea for these community homes and together they created a network of women who take care of young children while their mothers work.
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Juan Camilo Lopera Arroyave (Júcalo)
The profile cartoon of Juan Camilo Lopera Arroyave (Júcalo), a cartoonist based in Medellin, Colombia
