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On Sunday, a rebel commander confirmed that the top commander of Colombia s largest guerrilla group, the FARC, is dead. Four senior commanders have been
killed in the past year, and another surrendered this month. Naomi Daremblum teaches Latin American politics and development at The New School. She tells us that the losses raise big questions about Latin America s toughest and most
feared group of guerrillas.

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