“The Western Hemisphere is America’s neighborhood – and we will protect it.”

Monroe Doctrine, Roosevelt Corollary, but definitely not Good Neighbour Policy (except maybe backing the odd dictator in Central America). The old playbook of U.S. intervention in LatAm is back.

Video from yesterday’s march in Bogotá in support of Gustavo Petro and his labour reform.

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Decent turnout in Bogotá for the march in favour of Gustavo Petro and his labour reforms. One source tells me they were instructed by their employer to attend, but many are clearly there of their own volition.

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Our visit to La Escombrera, a landfill in Medellin believed to be the site of Colombia’s largest mass grave.

Pictures by Jonathan Nassif.

Link to article in bio.

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The situation now in Tibú, Colombia: sources inside tell me that the army is bombarding ELN and FARC dissident guerrilla forces, who are pinned down. Residents in the urban sector have been told to shelter in place and fear clashes will reach them.

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