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Empire Files: Abby Martin Fact Checks Congressman Sabotaging Colombia Peace Deal

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Colombia’s presidential election could determine the fate of the historic peace deal ending their 53-year civil war. While most in the country want to honor the agreement, Colombia’s right wing has been a fervent opponent. In Bogotá, Abby Martin interviews Congressman Edward Rodriguez, a leading member of the far-right Democratic Center Party founded by former President Uribe. She challenges him … Read More

Empire Files’ Best of 2017 Roundup

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Nearing the end of Season II, The Empire Files team expresses our deepest gratitude to so many of you who have followed our reports, written feedback, and shared our work. 2017 was no-doubt a watershed chapter in the advancement of US Empire, and we are honored to have your support telling the stories that were marginalized and distorted by corporate press … Read More

America’s 50 Year War in Colombia: Death Squads & Drug Management

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Members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas, guard the mountainous region of the department of Cauca, around Montealagre, Colombia, on February 15, 2013 after they released Colombian police officers Victor Alfonso Gonzalez and Cristian Camilo Yate. Leftist Colombian guerrillas on Friday released two police officers they had held for three weeks, the International Committee of the Red Cross said. The men were released in a rural area in Cauca department in southwestern Colombia and were in good health, the ICRC said in a statement. AFP PHOTO / LUIS ROBAYO (Photo credit should read LUIS ROBAYO/AFP/Getty Images)
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Colombia remains one of the most dangerous countries on earth, where more than 220,000 have been killed and countless displaced over the last 57 years. The human rights abuses in the country are regularly dismissed by the corporate media, which ignores the heavy hand of US Empire. The US began heavily pushing military intervention in Colombia under the Kennedy administration, whose National Security Doctrine aimed to … Read More

American Drug War Creator on Addiction, Prohibition & the “Green Rush”

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As costly as it is ineffective, America’s prohibition on illegal drugs is a contentious subject the corporate media keeps at arm’s length. Documentarian Kevin Booth is the director of several films that scrutinise America’s dubious relationship with drugs and suggest that illegal trafficking is embedded in the US economy. As arrests are hastily made for the possession of marijuana – … Read More

DEA ‘Forgets’ Prisoner in Cell for 5 Days

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MEDIA ROOTS – You often hear the term Gulag and think of a secret prison in a third world dictatorship, where its purpose is to break you down, humiliate and torture you.  This style of imprisonment has been frequently used by members of the US military in Afghanistan, Gitmo and Iraq.  Torture and ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’ fall outside of the … Read More