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James Bargent
James Bargent is a freelance journalist based in Medellin. He has reported on Colombia and Latin America for the Miami Herald, the Toronto Star, Sky News, InSight Crime, the Times Education Supplement, Colombia Reports, AlterNet, Toward Freedom, Upside Down World and <i>Green Left Weekly<i>.
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Labor Crisis Begets Violence on Colombia’s Pacific Coast
The Pacific port city of Buenaventura is the gateway to the Colombian economy. The city handles around two-thirds of the country’s maritime foreign trade and connects Colombia to 300 ports around the... MORE
Working · March 26, 2014
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Chiquita Republic
United Fruit's heir has again been linked to paramilitary abuses in Colombia. MORE
Features · January 7, 2013
