paras

• “Like their guerrilla foes, the "paras" became directly involved in extortion and the drugs trade, and forced thousands of peasants from valuable land, generating vast wealth.”

  The Guardian: Colombians hunt for disappeared loved ones - and their murderers join search

• “Mr. Uribe has been fighting the FARC even as he has tried to reduce violence by the "paras," who have sometimes been complicit in killing trade unionists.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Uribe Calls Pelosi's Bluff

• “The story centers around Max Parker, a slimy Los Angeles tabloid reporter sent to interview a rich man, Barrington Boles, who claims to have invented a machine that can break through the barrier between parallel worlds, dubbed "paras" in this novel.”

  How chaos can be fun

• “In Northern Ireland, the IRA were Catholics and the "paras" were Protestants, but their differing opinions on the necessity for salvation of faith and good works versus faith alone didn't have a whole lot to do with why they were fighting.”

  Archive 2005-11-06

• “Many leaders were extradited to the US, but many lower-ranking "paras" who failed to find jobs or promised state assistance have returned to trafficking drugs.”

  Taipei Times

• “Many leaders were extradited to the US, but many lower-ranking "paras" who failed to find jobs or promised state assistance have returned to what they know best - trafficking drugs.”

  The Guardian World News

• “After years of complicit silence, the final report of the OAS [verification] mission warns that 7,000 of the 32,000 ex - "paras" are disconnected from the Reinsertion Program and that some "continue to commit crimes even as they remain in the Program.”

  Plan Colombia and Beyond

• “In the late 1980s this part of Colombia became a base for paramilitary groups, or "paras," founded by three brothers from the Castaño family: Fidel, Vicente and Carlos, who came up through the ranks of the infamous Medellín cartel of Pablo Escobar.”

  t r u t h o u t

• “I just past the selection centre at pilbright, i got into the paras which is what i wanted, im not overly excited as i know it is going to be a challeng.”

  Army Rumour Service

• “I asked a number of participants what they were protesting, whether it was something specific or "just everything as usual," and after laughter received a whole range of responses from "our 6% pay raise which has been in arbitration forever," to "the treatment of 'paras' meaning 'paraprofessionals' to "oh, the usual.”

  Teachin' and Protestin'

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