Colombia Rising

07/01/21 • 42 min

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For the last two months Colombia has been swept up by nation-wide protests, with clashes between police and protestors, hundreds injured or disappeared across the country. VICE correspondent, David Noriega traveled there to spend time with frontline protesters. He explains how over a century of history brought Colombia to this moment and what it might tell us about the future of politics in the country.

This episode was reported by David Noriega and produced by Sayre Quevedo. Watch more of the reporting from Colombia here produced by Juanita Ceballos and Ramon Iriarte.

VICE News Reports is hosted by Arielle Duhaime-Ross and produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Sophie Kazis, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca, Julia Nutter, and Sayre Quevedo. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi and Kyle Murdock.

Our executive producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown.

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This episode was reported by David Noriega and produced by Sayre Quevedo. Watch more of the reporting from Colombia here produced by Juanita Ceballos and Ramon Iriarte.

Our executive producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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