Colombians rejected a peace deal that seemed bound for easy passage. Welcome to 2016, the year of the cranky voter.
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Colombia’s Cranky Voters
Tag Archives: Civil War
Colombia Gives Peace A Chance
Amnesty for a longtime foe is no guarantee Colombia will find peace and justice, but then neither is continued civil war.
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The South Capitulates, 150 Years After Appomattox
The South finally capitulates, 150 years after Appomattox.
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A President Dies, And Modern Journalism Is Born
The modern news story – terse, factual and unvarnished – was born on the night President Lincoln was mortally wounded.
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Civil Cyberwar In Iran
As Iran’s hard-line government struggles to put down post-election protests, we may be seeing the first example of a civil …
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Remembering History By Forgetting It
Some residents of a Florida city founded 60 years after Appomattox have a fuzzy memory of their community’s Southern history.
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