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27 Jan, 5 tweets, 1 min read
Was curious so I made a map of every place I've gone for work in Colombia- the rule was I had to have slept there overnight, not just passed through

Gotta get to the Southeast!!

google.com/mymaps/?cid=mp…
Also gotta get to Arauca
First I was trying to draw land routes I have taken, but the map just looked like a massive crayon children's drawing of a blob
Shadiest/most insecure places were: Tibu, rural areas of Cauca, Bajo Cauca in general, Buenaventura, Chocó, Maicao and the border regions of Norte de Santander

In that order I think
US perceptions of Colombia are super interesting to me and tend to be extremely dated. "Haha you wouldn't last ten minutes in Santa Fe" one troll told me. I lived a quarter mile from the Santander bridge on the VZ border where I saw both bombings and firefights. Med is Disneyland

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Quick photo thread on Colombian protests over the last week with some fun details that didn't make it into the articles

Did I mention there was a protest dog?
There was also

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and right: a Giant Iguana
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Today's thread for national strikes in Bogotà #PARONacional21o

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21 Oct 20
Latest: I travelled with indigenous protests in Colombia for four days to the capital Bogotá. This is what they want, why they're on the streets and an explainer on why their homelands have become so deadly. For the @newhumanitarian

thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2020/10/2…
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1000's of Indigenous came to Bogotá to demand solutions for killings in their communities, unkept promises, and decades of neglect that have resulted in their regions becoming the deadliest areas of Colombia ImageImageImage
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A thread for people who say "Racism isn't a problem in the US justice system"

A personal story of systemic discrimination: A long time ago I sold marijuana in New York City. A LOT of it. Like when I say a lot, I mean LOT. Probably supplied half of Bushwick. I was young and dumb
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Jake is spot-on here: absurd accusations from Grayzone have gotten journos and local activists added to kill lists before (receipts below). It's a shame that they can never respond to credible criticism with anything but hysterical claims
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Max's article in Mintpress that claimed a BBC journalist was CIA. The article led to thousands of death threats and forced the journalist to flee the country

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