Colombia

Putting a Face to the Numbers in Colombia

December 13, 2010

RIGHTS-COLOMBIA By Constanza Vieira ULM, Germany, Dec 14, 2010 (IPS) – “First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a communist; Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a socialist….” The celebrated quote by German...
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Palanquero Military Base – Saying No to More Militarization in Colombia

December 15, 2009

On October 31, a delegation of U.S., European and Latin American citizens traveled to Colombia as part of an Ethical Commission, invited by the Movement of Victims of State Crimes in Colombia. As part of their visit, the delegation traveled to Palanquero Air Base in Puerto Salgar (Cundinamarca) to protest a military agreement signed the previous...
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Human Rights and Obama’s Latin America Agenda

December 1, 2009

By Scott Wright Once again, thousands of people from all walks of life converged on the School of the Americas/WHINSEC to call for the closing of the U.S. military’s school to train Latin America’s armies. This year, too, marked the 20th anniversary of the assassination of the six Jesuit priests from El Salvador, their...
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Colombia’s Deteriorating Displacement Crisis

October 7, 2009
Colombia’s Deteriorating Displacement Crisis

Photo by Jim Harney By Gary Leech Colombia Journal Tercer Milenio Park is located only a few blocks from Colombia’s presidential palace in the center of Bogotá and offers respite from the chaotic city to local residents. But for the past four months, it has also been a refuge from the country’s rural violence...
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US Military to Occupy Bases in Colombia

October 7, 2009
US Military to Occupy Bases in Colombia

By John Lindsay-Poland Fellowship of Reconciliation   The United States is negotiating for the use of five military facilities in Colombia, in an agreement whose objectives include “filling the gaps left by the eventual cutting of aid in Plan Colombia,” according to sources in Washington and Bogotá cited by an explosive article published...
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