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Farc

World

Playing the Flute

On oil spills in Colombia.

Jessica Camille Aguirre Harper's Feb 2021 15min Permalink

Crime World

Adventures in the Ransom Trade

On the revolutionaries, highly-paid negotiators, former spies, foreign businessmen and their families, who all played roles in the massive Colombian kidnap and ransom industry during its 1990s heyday.

William Prochnau Vanity Fair May 1998 20min Permalink

Out of the Jungle

Colombia’s FARC guerrillas face a new battle: re-joining society.

Jon Lee Anderson New Yorker May 2017 20min Permalink

World

I Fell In Love With a Female Assassin

A young reporter heads to Colombia to report on the conflict between FARC and the paramilitaries. He meets a girl on the bus. After they begin a relationship, she reveals that that she is part of a death squad.

Jason P. Howe The Independent Mar 2008 15min Permalink