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Elizabeth Dickinson
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Deputy Director for LatAm @crisisgroup. Past lives in Arabian peninsula, West Africa. Ex-journo @ForeignPolicy @TheEconomist. Runner. Home 🇨🇴🇺🇸🇦🇪
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    Elizabeth Dickinson
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    Feb 12
    Today in Colombia, it is impossible to talk about the nature of armed conflict without understanding that there are children being forced to participate in every part of it 🧵on our new @CrisisGroup report & how generalized child recruitment has become
    Kids on the Front Lines: Stopping Child Recruitment in Colombia | International Crisis Group
    From crisisgroup.org
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    Elizabeth Dickinson
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    Jun 19, 2022
    Some reasons that @petrogustavo's victory today in #Colombia is historic. 🧵 These are not normative judgments, but realities after a half century of conflict and all that it entailed. 1. Fear & stigmatization of the political left is no longer a winning campaign strategy.
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    Elizabeth Dickinson
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    Jan 11, 2020
    A peacemaker and a statesman. I'm devastated to learn that Sultan Qaboos al-Said has passed. Condolences to #Oman. Here's what I wrote about his legacy for @NewYorker a few yrs back
    A Test for Oman and Its Sultan
    From newyorker.com
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    Elizabeth Dickinson
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    Sep 30, 2018
    US moving hundreds of child asylum seekers to tent camps "under cover of darkness." No words. nytimes.com/2018/09/30/us/…
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    Elizabeth Dickinson
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    Jun 5, 2023
    You know what no one is talking about? The humanitarian crisis that is resulting - and will grow - from the collapse of the rural economy in #Colombia's coca growing areas.🌿 We are hearing about fields abandoned, inter-municipal migration, displacement, children out of school🧵
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    Elizabeth Dickinson
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    Jan 28, 2025
    El impacto de la decisión global de congelar proyectos de USAID por 90 días (o más) tendrá un impacto enorme aquí en #Colombia, en medio de un momento de crisis humanitaria. El año pasado 70.6% de toda la financiación humanitaria venía de EEUU. Un recorte devastador.
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    Elizabeth Dickinson
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    Jun 19, 2022
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    6. For the first time, campesinos, social movements, and civil organisations have been vital to electing a president. This is no small change; it is fundamental to understanding the new political space.
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    Elizabeth Dickinson
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    Sep 16, 2018
    what a spectacular photo. symbolism like wow.
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    Elizabeth Dickinson
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    Jan 11, 2020
    Sultan Qaboos was captivating not because he was a pacifist but because he was a peacemaker who intimately understood war. He rose to power amid civil strife, but oversaw the end of the Dhofar crisis and united the country around a common idea.
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    Elizabeth Dickinson
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    May 4, 2021
    #Colombia awoke from a mostly-sleepless night roiled by its most serious crisis since the 2016 peace accord Mass protests escalating amid flagrant police violence. 20+ dead since 28 April. Major roads blocked. Hospitals full capacity w COVID. Military deployed to streets 🧵👇
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    Elizabeth Dickinson
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    Jun 19, 2022
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    2. Day-to-day concerns now dominate #Colombia political debate - inequality, lack of opportunity, rural development. The conflict-and fear of its existential threat to Bogota-are moved to the back burner 3. Diversity is not a liability but an asset, politically.
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    Elizabeth Dickinson
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    Jan 28, 2025
    Hard to overstate the impact of USAID freeze in #Colombia. Last year, US provided 70.6% of incoming humanitarian funds. A 90 day freeze amid acute humanitarian crisis means Colombia has <1/3 of resources it would have last year to respond. Beyond 90 days would be devastating.
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    Elizabeth Dickinson
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    Jun 19, 2022
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    4. Colombians voted for a candidate who promises to negotiate with the ELN and dismantle other armed groups, in consultation with the society. 5. An outsider won, but with the support of many familiar faces from the political class.
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    Elizabeth Dickinson
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    May 10, 2023
    In testimony to @JEP_Colombia today, fmr paramilitary leader Mancuso dropped dozens of names of political, military, business leaders to helped and abated a wave of violence in the 1990s. His piercing bottom line: "This phenomenon of paramilitarism came from the state".🧵👇
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