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Wall Street Journal
Americas columnist for the Wall Street Journal and member of its editorial board
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Mary Anastasia O'Grady
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FROM Mary Anastasia O'Grady
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After Decades of war in Colombia, peace has a chance In 1964, Colombian peasant farmers—virtual slaves of urban landowners--formed the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC. Since then, 200,000 people have died and millions have been displaced in the Western Hemisphere's longest-running conflict. Now, there's a peace deal — if Colombia's voters approve it next month. But both sides -- peasant farmers and Marxist rebels against urban landowners using death squads and right-wing paramilitaries -- have committed atrocities over the years. Can victims and perpetrators learn to live side by side? We look at the history, the hopes and the fears of a beleaguered nation.
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What Will Brazilian Election Mean for US, Latin America? Brazil's President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva , has morphed from a fiery union leader to a moderate contrast with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez . As President, he's managed to help the poor without soaking the rich or damaging the economy. It was widely predicted that he would win re-election on Sunday, but this new political scandal of Lula's term could force a run-off.
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Ex-FBI Director Comey tells his side of the story Today, former FBI Director James Comey came close to calling the President who fired him a liar. The White House denied the claim and called it insulting, but Republican Senators did not challenge Comey’s truthfulness. Many questions remain: did the President try to obstruct a federal investigation? Later, we’ll go behind the “velvet rope” for a look at 5-Star health care for the richest Americans.
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Trump's new look at civil rights and global warming President Trump is reportedly ready to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. We look at the possible consequences. On the second half of the program, we hear about cuts in Obama-Era civil rights programs called for by the Trump Administration's first budget plan.