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Mariana Páez demobilisation zone was set up for former Farc members to live after the 2016 peace deal. They have been forced to flee after a wave of death threats and killings.
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They used to fight the state and now want to be part of society – but after demobilisation, thousands of former Farc guerrillas face violence and displacement
There are millions of #pcosdiet posts on social media.
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Wars are no longer fought in the trenches, they’re fought in the streets and civilians are on the frontline.
Pope Francis with Vladimir Putin in 2019: the Pope has angered Ukrainians with a speech that seems to back Putin’s idea of a ‘glorious Russian empire’.
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Las aves que habitan en las ciudades tienden a ser más pequeñas y sufren un mayor daño celular que aquellas que viven en los bosques. Un reciente estudio demuestra que, además, los carboneros urbanos presentan una coloración más apagada.
South Africa’s legal commercial lion industry is helping to act as a cover for the illegal international big cat bone trade.
Anomalía de la temperatura el miércoles 2 de agosto de 2023. Las zonas rojas de Chile y el norte de Argentina son mucho más calurosas que la media a largo plazo para esta época del año.
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Algunas zonas de Argentina y los Andes chilenos registraron algunas de las temperaturas más altas jamás registradas.
Temperature anomaly on Wednesday August 2 2023. Red areas of Chile and northern Argentina are much hotter than the long-term average for this time of year.
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Einstein Professor for the Comparative Study of Democracy and Authoritarianism, Humboldt University Berlin, and Director, Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS); University of Oxford