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Q&A: "If You Find Yourself in a Minefield, Shout for Help"

Q&A: Constanza Vieira interviews ANDRÉS, a teenager in a war zone CALOTO, Colombia, Nov 18 (IPS) - Putting on a white t-shirt or wearing olive-green pants can be life-or-death decisions in the conflict zone in the steep Andes mountains in ...

From CONSTANZA VIEIRA INTERVIEWS ANDRéS, A TEENAGER IN A WAR ZONE, Inter Press Service,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

COLOMBIA: US Should Opens Its Files on Palace of Justice Massacre

COLOMBIA: BOGOTA, Oct 9 (IPS) - A declassified U.S. State Department cable dated January 1999 blames Colombian soldiers for the killings of civilians rescued by the military operation to retake the Palace of Justice from guerrillas who had ...

From CONSTANZA VIEIRA, Inter Press Service,  9 Oct 2009
Related Topics: US State Department,  National Security Agency,  Michael Evans,  United Nations,  Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

COLOMBIA: From Espionage to Sabotage – and the Dirty War (Part 3)

COLOMBIA: Analysis by Constanza Vieira* BOGOTÁ, Aug 25 (IPS) - For decades now, privacy in personal electronic communications has existed only on paper. But the most serious aspect of the espionage scandal that broke this year in Colombia ...

From CONSTANZA VIEIRA, Inter Press Service,  25 Aug 2009
Related Topics: National Security Agency,  Central Intelligence Agency,  United Nations,  Carl Sagan

COLOMBIA: "Proof-of-Life" Videos Feed Hopes of Hostages' Families

COLOMBIA: BOGOTÁ, Aug 18 (IPS) - "You look as good as ever," was the radio message that Olga Valderrama sent over the airwaves to her son, army corporal Antonio Sanmiguel, who is being held captive somewhere in the jungles of Colombia by ...

From CONSTANZA VIEIRA, Inter Press Service,  18 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Ingrid Betancourt

COLOMBIA: Spying on Human Rights Defenders

COLOMBIA: BOGOTÁ, Aug 15 (IPS) - "Coming to Colombia is to enter a world that is always intense, captivating and heart-wrenching at the same time," Susana Villarán, a former member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), ...

From CONSTANZA VIEIRA, Inter Press Service,  15 Aug 2009

Q&A: "Obama's Agenda Hasn't Arrived in Colombia Yet"

Q&A: Constanza Vieira interviews Senator CECILIA LÓPEZ BOGOTÁ, Aug 14 (IPS) - An agreement between Bogotá and Washington for the U.S. to use seven military bases in Colombia points to the lingering effects of the agenda of former President ...

From CONSTANZA VIEIRA INTERVIEWS SENATOR CECILIA LóPEZ, Inter Press Service,  14 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Senate,  George W. Bush,  U.S. Congress,  United Nations

COLOMBIA: Killings of Indians Continued During UN Rapporteur's Visit

COLOMBIA: BOGOTÁ, Jul 29 (IPS) - "Colombias indigenous people find themselves in a serious, critical and profoundly worrying human rights situation," says the preliminary report by United Nations special rapporteur James Anaya, who just ...

From CONSTANZA VIEIRA, Inter Press Service,  29 Jul 2009
Related Topics: United Nations

COLOMBIA: Uribe Agrees US "Access" to Military Bases

COLOMBIA: BOGOTA, Jul 17 (IPS) - With parliament in recess, the Colombian government of Álvaro Uribe confirmed that it would give the United States access to at least three military bases. "It sounds to me like the U.S. is planning to ...

From CONSTANZA VIEIRA, Inter Press Service,  17 Jul 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Barack Obama,  Rafael Correa,  U.S. Congress

COLOMBIA: Jaime Garzón’s Murder; No Digging Allowed – Part 2

COLOMBIA: BOGOTÁ, Jun 30 (IPS) - Its always the same: the TV audience is grief-stricken and indignant that he is no longer with us, but they continue to laugh along with him. Beloved Colombian comic Jaime Garzón was assassinated on Aug. 13, ...

From CONSTANZA VIEIRA, Inter Press Service,  30 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Gustavo Petro,  U.S. Senate,  United Nations

COLOMBIA: Spying in the Name of 'Democratic Security'

COLOMBIA: BOGOTÁ, Jun 23 (IPS) - While the world's attention was riveted on the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama, an operation was surreptitiously being carried out Jan. 19-21 at the headquarters of Colombias domestic ...

From CONSTANZA VIEIRA, Inter Press Service,  23 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  United Nations

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