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sandensea

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4. Keep in mind that right-wing paramilitary groups have been responsible for 70-80% of deaths.
Wed Jun 28, 2017, 07:08 PM
Jun 2017

Which stands to reason since most Colombian governments (particularly Uribe's) have aided and abetted them - so there's plenty to forgive on both sides.

The problem now, though, is that while President Santos and the FARC really are making a good-faith effort toward peace, Uribe and his paramilitary allies are not - and neither are Narco Rubio or the current occupant of the White House.


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