Sovereignty and the rule of law are under threat from Trump’s attacks on Lula’s administration just as they have been across Latin America, argue CARLOS MARTINEZ and SARA VIVACQUA
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Despite the end of the civil war with the Farc, the Colombian state is still suspected of murdering political opponents then framing them as guerillas, says NICK MacWILLIAM
Colombian special forces, pictured in training, are still fighting left-wing rebel groups
Glasgow will remember the martyrs of the 1787 strike this weekend in speech and song, their spirit is sorely needed today, writes JIM LISTER
ALEX BROWN explains how medieval Europe was plunged into sunless years, with widespread crop failures and devastating famines
Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
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Communists in Australia, Britain and the US outlined a joint state agreement against their governments’ militarist provocations.
WHEN the New York Times reported in May that Colombian military generals had ordered increased kills and captures of members of armed groups, the government swiftly sought to minimise potential damage to its human rights image.
The revelations brought back alarming memories of the military’s role in systematic extrajudicial executions known as “False Positives,” the majority of which were committed under the Alvaro Uribe governments of the 2000s.
The False Positives saw the army lure thousands of young and poor people with false job offers before murdering them and dressing them in guerilla uniforms to imply success in combatting the Farc insurgency. Soldiers also received financial incentives and other rewards for kills.
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