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The deadly war of a paramilitary leader’s sons
The 30 children and nephews of the paramilitary chief Hernán Giraldo ended up in a fratricide war, fighting for the drug routes in the Sierra Nevada, in northern Magdalena province.
Date: 5/4/2009 12:00:00 AM - Edition:
The daughter of the Colombian monster
Colombia has its own Josef Fritzl, the ‘monster of Amstetten’. A peasant from Mariquita (Tolima province) did conceive at least seven children with his own daughter. She spoke to SEMANA about her tragedy.
Date: 4/29/2009 12:00:00 AM - Edition:
How many kidnap victims does Colombia have?
The government says there are 125, NGO País Libre argues that the figure is closer to 600, FARC states it has only got 9 and other NGO’s say there are thousands. SEMANA explains why the governmental stats are probably more correct.
Date: 4/24/2009 12:00:00 AM - Edition:
The invisible hand
Translator Anne MacLean is behind the recent nomination of two Colombian novels for the Independent foreign fiction prize.
Date: 4/24/2009 12:00:00 AM - Edition:
Why Did They Kill the Children? (II)
On this second part SEMANA reveals the efforts to cover up the massacre and how the justice system finally took action
Date: 4/22/2009 12:00:00 AM - Edition:
Why Did They Kill the Children? (I)
Four years after the massacre in San José de Apartadó, during which three childrenwere decapitated and dismembered, SEMANA reconstructs what happened during those horror-filled days and the cover-up that followed.*
Date: 4/21/2009 12:00:00 AM - Edition:
¿The mirror effect?
Since Colombia fights a war against terrorism, some have tried to compare the cases of Alberto Fujimori, former Peruvian President convicted last week, and current Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. To what extent they are really comparable.
Date: 4/15/2009 12:00:00 AM - Edition:
Colombia’s own Murdoch
The Galvis family owns eight regional newspapers in Colombia, and they are looking forward to buying the most important one in the Caribbean: ‘El Heraldo’, from Barranquilla, capital of the Atlántico Province.
Date: 4/14/2009 12:00:00 AM - Edition:
Where is Raúl Reyes’ body?
While the Colombian government claims to have returned FARC commander ‘Raúl Reyes’ body to his family, they said they never received it. What is the truth behind this mystery?
Date: 4/8/2009 12:00:00 AM - Edition:
“The only way to look at our society is to explain it through criminal business”
Roberto Saviano, the writer who revealed the inside of the Italian mafia explains why it is so difficult to defeat.
Date: 4/7/2009 12:00:00 AM - Edition:
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