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It never ceases to amaze me, how easily fooled I am by the speeches and rhetoric of politicians. I swear to you…
Justin Podur Who in the U.S. benefits from fumigating Colombians?ā the man asked me pointedly in the crowded community hall in a…
Justin Podur Who in the U.S. benefits from fumigating Colombians?ā the man asked me pointedly in the crowded community hall. The community…
Podur āCertainly a soldier, myself included, is an absurd and irrational man, because he has the ability to resort to arms in…
Podur I didn’t go to Colombia looking for understanding, although it was there for me in the form of razor-sharp analysts who…
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Podur In March, while they were on the March of Indigenous Dignity, on their way to Mexico City to press for the…
Podur There is too much at stake for social change to be a game. But if it were a game, the side…
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