Carlos Raúl van der Weyden Velásquez · April, 2007

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Colombia: The disappointing debate on paramilitarism in Antioquia

  19 April 2007

Yesterday finally the long awaited “debate” on paramilitarism in Antioquia department, where President Álvaro Uribe was born and was Governor from 1995 to 1997, was held at the Colombian congress. There was a lot of interest on the topic, because opposition senator and former M-19 guerrilla leader Gustavo Petro had said he would reveal a list of 2,000 figures allegedly involved with paramilitarism.

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