Colombia Update

Rainy season in Bogota this year is really really rainy!

• Posted by george
• Published: 2004-04-26

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As Nevada is pushing to legalize marijuana for the November ballot, Uribe is trying to get the penalization of personal use on the referendum that he is trying to put together. Daniel Samper Pinzn has an interesting take on this topic in

• Posted by bill
• Published: 2004-04-23

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As Colombians, two friends of mine are taking on risky work joining a group of international observers in Barrancabermeja, Colombia. They're putting themselves on the line, not having the protection their co-workers are afforded by being US and Canadian citizens, because of the falling number of visas granted by the current Colombian government to US and Canadian human rights observers with the organization.

• Posted by lottylou
• Published: 2004-04-22

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Things don’t go better with Coke. Six years ago Union organizer, Isidro Gil, was murdered at his work post inside a Coca-Cola plant in Carepa, Colombia.

• Posted by lottylou
• Published: 2004-04-22

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The FARC guerillas and the main paramilitary organization, the AUC, have grown their ranks in the last 3 years according to a Colombian Armed Forces report.

• Posted by george
• Published: 2004-04-22

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Have you heard that the FARC guerrillas make money from the illegal drug trade, extortion and kidnapping?

• Posted by george
• Published: 2004-04-22

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The ELN guerillas knocked down another 5 energy towers, this time in Norte de Santander province in Northeastern Colombia, leaving 5 towns without electricity.

• Posted by george
• Published: 2004-04-22

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The Elmer Cardenas Block of the right-wing Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC, or commonly callled Paramilitaries) is calling websurfers to action in the Colombian civil war with a web-based Flash game in which one must kill guerillas who are attempting to take the small town of Aguas Blancas.

• Posted by george
• Published: 2004-04-22

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Its Colombian President Pastrana's turn to play hardball as he asks the US to train Colombian soldiers to protect key infrastructure such as the often-blown-up oil pipelines and bridges.

• Posted by george
• Published: 2004-04-22

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The following is from an email list colombianews@globalexchange.org, and it is regarding next week's vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to reduce military aid to Colombia.

• Posted by bill
• Published: 2003-09-24

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Here is an article from AIDA (Asociación Interamericana de la Defensa del Ambiente, www.aida2.org) and PANNA (Pesticide Action Network North America, www.panna.org) on a Cundinamarca Court's ruling to halt the glysophate sprayings.

• Posted by bill
• Published: 2003-07-19

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This is a summary and link to an El Tiempo article (in Spanish) reporting that the European Commission has spoken out in opposition of aerial fumigation of illicit crops in Colombia.

• Posted by bill
• Published: 2003-04-16

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April 9th is an important date in Colombia's history. Here are a few links to info.

• Posted by bill
• Published: 2003-04-10

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Hope shined on an overcast Bogotá day. Slow traffic, bad air and noise in your city? Bogotá has a few ideas. Car-Free Day is an annual event held on the first Thursday of February. (See "Historia del Día Sin Carro"). Following the first Car-Free Day, the residents of Bogotá voted in favor of inking it in as an annual event. From 6:30 am to 7:30 pm it is prohibited to use a private vehicle in Colombia's capital. Those who choose to do otherwise on this Day receive a stiff fine. Today's internationally-observed Car-Free Day was another huge success, far improved from the first Car-Free Days.

• Posted by bill
• Published: 2003-02-06

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For so long, along with the many other curious woods walkers, I have denied myself the joy of independently walking among Bogotá’s eastern hills (los cerros orientales).

• Posted by bill
• Published: 2002-10-15

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