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Maintaining the Status Quo

Maintaining the Status Quo

Stories of soldiers murdering civilians, illegal wiretapping, targeted killings of indigenous people, assassinations of labor rights activists and other human rights abuses are troubling, but not troubling enough for the US State Department.  Last week the State Department certified Colombia as complying with basic human rights requirements, a necessary condition for releasing the remainder of […]

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