Piedad Cordoba, an outspoken leftist who straddled Colombia’s ideological divide, dies at age 68

By The Associated Press

Piedad Córdoba, an outspoken Colombian lawmaker who for decades championed the rights of her fellow Afro-Colombians while undertaking huge risks as a go-between to leftist rebel groups, has died.

Source: Piedad Cordoba, an outspoken leftist who straddled Colombia’s ideological divide, dies at age 68

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