A day in Colombia: two leaders assassinated, two receive death threats

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A day in Colombia: two leaders assassinated, two receive death threats
by Adam Veitch June 28, 2019
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A peasant leader and a victims representative were assassinated on Thursday, while two minority leaders received death threats from a far-right group.

The killings

Peasant leader Manuel Gregorio Gonzalez was murdered in Cordoba, a province in the north of Colombia.

The victim a member of the Southern Cordoba Farmer’s Association and a promoter of a UN-supported program to substitute coca for legal crops. Gonzales was found shot dead on Thursday, a day after he had been reported missing.


Read more at: https://colombiareports.com/a-day-in-colombia-two-leaders-assassinated-two-receive-death-threats/

We are probably helping in keeping a lid on Colombia while Venezuela implodes more and more.

By the way, per this link, Colombia is now producing more oil than Venezuela.

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But they lost to Chile in the Copa America.