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  • Cross-posted with Conflict Journal This is a weekly roundup of events from 23 March to 29 March 2014. Days after President Juan Manuel Santos rejected an order from the Inter American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to reverse the decision to remove the now-former mayor of Bogota, Gustavo Petro, from office, he and interim mayor Rafael Pardo announced

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  • Cross-posted with Conflict Journal. This is a weekly roundup of events from 9 March to 15 March 2014. Former president Alvaro Uribe won a seat in the Senate in elections held this weekend. His newly formed party, the conservative Centro Democratico (Democratic Center), won 19 seats to become the second most powerful force in the senate behind

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