FARC /tags/farc FARC en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Fri, 21 Jun 2024 17:24:37 GMT Historic Chiquita trials — and verdict — bear a big South Florida imprint /americas/2024-06-21/chiquita-trial-colombia-terrorist-lawsuit-verdict-auc A pioneering U.S. civil trial judgment against banana giant Chiquita Brands for its actions in Colombia — which helped aid a terrorist group — featured a host of South Florida players. A second trial in West Palm Beach is set to begin next month, and it may not be the last one. Fri, 21 Jun 2024 17:24:37 GMT /americas/2024-06-21/chiquita-trial-colombia-terrorist-lawsuit-verdict-auc Tim Padgett Colombia announces cease-fire with a group that split off from the FARC rebels /americas/2023-09-20/colombia-ceasefire-farc-rebels-petro-kidnappings-latin-america Colombia’s government and one of the nation's last remaining rebel groups have announced that they will start peace talks. Wed, 20 Sep 2023 18:37:30 GMT /americas/2023-09-20/colombia-ceasefire-farc-rebels-petro-kidnappings-latin-america The Associated Press Venezuelan tycoon shields U.S. fortune from FARC rebel victims /news/2022-08-25/venezuelan-tycoon-shields-u-s-fortune-from-farc-rebel-victims An appeals court overturned a Florida federal judge’s order seizing the U.S. fortune of a sanctioned Venezuelan billionaire with alleged cartel ties to satisfy a $318 million judgment for the American victims of a Colombian terrorist kidnapping. Thu, 25 Aug 2022 16:00:00 GMT /news/2022-08-25/venezuelan-tycoon-shields-u-s-fortune-from-farc-rebel-victims Joshua Goodman | Associated Press Ben Crump social justice center, UM and FIU athletics changes, FARC removed from U.S. terrorist list /2021-12-10/ben-crump-social-justice-center-um-and-fiu-athletics-changes-farc-removed-from-u-s-terrorist-list St. Thomas University is gearing up to teach the next generation of civil rights lawyers. The University of Miami and Florida International University’s athletic departments are making changes. And Biden takes the FARC off the terrorist list. Many Colombians in South Florida are not happy. Fri, 10 Dec 2021 17:38:44 GMT /2021-12-10/ben-crump-social-justice-center-um-and-fiu-athletics-changes-farc-removed-from-u-s-terrorist-list Leslie Ovalle Atkinson, Caitie Muñoz Yes, it's personal in South Florida — but that doesn't make it good policy in Latin America /commentary/2021-12-09/yes-its-personal-in-south-florida-but-that-doesnt-make-it-good-policy-in-latin-america COMMENTARY Railing at the decision to remove Colombia's FARC from the U.S. terrorist list is good South Florida politics — not good Latin America policy. Thu, 09 Dec 2021 11:00:00 GMT /commentary/2021-12-09/yes-its-personal-in-south-florida-but-that-doesnt-make-it-good-policy-in-latin-america Tim Padgett FARC Fight: Biden learns — again — that South Florida is a Latin America policy minefield /news/2021-12-07/farc-fight-biden-learns-again-that-south-florida-is-a-latin-america-policy-minefield Biden's decision to remove Colombian guerrillas from the U.S. terrorist list sparks a new disinformation spree in Florida — and more Latino lessons for Democrats. Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:22:20 GMT /news/2021-12-07/farc-fight-biden-learns-again-that-south-florida-is-a-latin-america-policy-minefield Tim Padgett Let's Hope Protests Sideline Colombia's Toxic Right, Left — And South Florida's /commentary/2021-05-13/lets-hope-protests-sideline-colombias-toxic-right-left-and-south-floridas COMMENTARY President Duque's new, moderate tack on Colombia's protests is bad news for his right-wing backers and left-wing attackers — there and here. Thu, 13 May 2021 10:00:05 GMT /commentary/2021-05-13/lets-hope-protests-sideline-colombias-toxic-right-left-and-south-floridas Tim Padgett Dear Uribistas: Colombia's Problem Right Now Isn't The FARC — It's You /commentary/2021-05-07/dear-uribistas-colombias-problem-right-now-isnt-the-farc-its-you COMMENTARY What's driving Colombia's deadly unrest isn't the country's former leftist rebels, as South Florida expats insist, but its lingering reactionary rules. Fri, 07 May 2021 10:15:05 GMT /commentary/2021-05-07/dear-uribistas-colombias-problem-right-now-isnt-the-farc-its-you Tim Padgett Death Threats, Even In Writing, Can Be Grounds For Asylum, Appeals Court Says /2020-11-27/death-threats-even-in-writing-can-be-grounds-for-asylum-appeals-court-says The court overturned a Justice Department decision denying the asylum of a former Colombia police officer who received multiple death threats from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. Fri, 27 Nov 2020 11:03:42 GMT /2020-11-27/death-threats-even-in-writing-can-be-grounds-for-asylum-appeals-court-says Matthew S. Schwartz Cocaine Comeback: New Book Warns Drug Is More Plentiful – And Destructive – Than Ever /show/latin-america-report/2020-05-26/cocaine-comeback-new-book-warns-drug-is-more-plentiful-and-destructive-than-ever This interview was originally published May 26, 2020In South Florida we tend to think of the golden age of cocaine (if it can be called that) as the 1980s… Tue, 26 May 2020 10:00:00 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2020-05-26/cocaine-comeback-new-book-warns-drug-is-more-plentiful-and-destructive-than-ever Tim Padgett