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Strikes, demonstrations and protests are at a record pace in Colombia this year as workers seek a bigger share of wealth generated by the country’s expanding economy. After 50 years of guerrilla warfare, the government’s success in weakening illegal armed groups has drawn investment and rewarded businessmen, while the gap between rich and poor remains considerable, according to the World Bank’s Gini index of income distribution.

"There has to be a grass roots campaign to win it."

The attempt to take the nation’s politics hostage is still underway. Only the wording of the ransom note has changed.

Poor Bulgaria. Once again the Germans are headed her way—this time armed with nothing more than a change of currency and the policies of austerity that go along with it.

"A Shooting that Demands an Explanation"

Federal Budget, Social Security, Medicare, Cuba blockade, inequality and drones