María Paula Suárez Navas

EspañolFor the last 50 years, Colombia has been involved in an internal armed conflict, the end of which has seemed constantly elusive. The current peace process, which is underway since 2012, has created a unique opportunity for…
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EspañolAfter a close race for mayor in the Colombian capital of Bogotá, former Mayor Enrique Peñalosa emerged victorious last Sunday to regain his old post with one-third of the vote. Besides his own proposals, Peñalosa, of the…
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EspañolFor the last three years, Colombians have been anxiously waiting to see President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC guerrilla commander Timoleón Jiménez shake hands to finally seal a peace accord. The photo, captured on Wednesday,…
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EspañolAs a young soccer player, Phil Jackson Ibargüen abandoned his hometown of Itsmina, Colombia, to pursue a professional career in the big leagues. He became a rising striker in Bogotá's Independiente Santa Fé in 2005, and went on…
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Español"We can't afford to stop fracking," says the new president of Colombia's Ecopetrol, Juan Carlos Echeverry. "If one chooses not to use that technology, it's choosing to leave oil in the ground. Can we afford that? My answer is…
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EspañolThe Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) escalated their attacks against Colombia's oil industry in the first half of 2015, but widespread rejection and criticism is mounting from the country's citizenry. In particular,…
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EspañolThe recent US Supreme Court decision to legalize gay marriage at the federal level has reactivated a long-delayed debate in the Colombian Congress. Has the time come for same-sex marriage to be authorized in the South American…
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EspañolIn the 1980s, the Colombian government declared a war on drug trafficking, not just because of the wave of violence it generated throughout the country, but also based on international pressure, particularly from the United…
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EspañolReaching a peace agreement with the FARC Marxist guerrilla, after 50 years of conflict, remains one of the chief aspirations of the majority of Colombian citizens. But now, after two years of peace talks in Havana, Cuba,…
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EspañolA new ruling by Colombia's Constitutional Court means that public health institutions, and all the doctors who work in them, will be unable to refuse a patient's request for assisted suicide — forcing them to carry out the…
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Español"I can't speak loudly, but tell my mom that I'm here in Ocaña, and that I'm coming back between Sunday and Monday. Tell her not to punish me because I left without permission." This was the last message that María Ubilerma…
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EspañolOn Wednesday, April 22, over 300,000 teachers — almost all of Colombia's public professors — declared a national strike lasting 15 days, leaving over 9 million children barred from classes across the country. The strike,…
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