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Colombia Rescues Hostage Ingrid Betancourt
World  (tags: GoodNews, Colombia, Ingrid Betancourt, freedom )

Julia
- 1782 days ago - reuters.com
BOGOTA (Reuters) - French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and three Americans were rescued from leftist guerrillas by Colombian troops, Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos said on Wednesday.
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Latin America Condemns Colombia and the USA for Military Strike in Ecuador
World  (tags: usa, war, violence, Colombia, Equador, FARC, Latin Americans )

Madalena
- 1901 days ago - aztlan.net
The nations of Ecuador, Venezuela, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay. Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, Mexico, Cuba, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Guatemala have issued strong condemnations against the USA and its "puppet regime" in Colombia for Saturday'
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COLOMBIA Victims of Sexual Violence Under Threat and on Their Own
World  (tags: violence, politics, Colombia, women's rights, Womens health, world, conflict, news )

Cal
- 605 days ago - ipsnews.net
According to the United Nations, the paramilitaries are responsible for 75 percent of the human rights crimes committed in this country's decades-old civil war.
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Colombia Protests Rape and Murder of Woman in Bogota Park
World  (tags: world, politics, women's rights, activism, Colombia, news, society, crime, freedoms, humanrights, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!' )

Cal
- 347 days ago - globalpost.com
Almost 1,000 people protested yesterday the brutal rape and murder of 35-year-old Rosa Elvira Cely in Bogotá's National Park on May 24.
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LATIN AMERICA'S LATEST MIRACLE: THE COMEBACK OF COLOMBIA
World  (tags: South America, Colombia, interesting, government, news, politics, world, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', freedoms )

Cal
- 551 days ago - worldcrunch.com
Over the past 10 years, Colombia has enjoyed a huge change in fortunes. The economy is humming, drug-related violence is down and security forces have corralled the rebel FARC guerillas. From infrastructure to corruption, however, some serious problems pe
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El Tiempo, Colombia: Four Million Bullets: 'Congratulations' Chiquita Banana!
World  (tags: terrorism, war, corporations, corruption, government, killin, politics, Chiquita Banana, South America, Colombia, warofterror )

Blue
- 2250 days ago - watchingamerica.com
"The case against Chiquita is a great opportunity to rip the lid off the putrid cauldron cooked up by companies that have enriched themselves with impunity on the blood of the people. Justice must not remain silent."
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US-Backed Border Massacre Brings South America to Brink of War
World  (tags: war, usa, venezuela, Equador, FARC, massacre, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, colombia )

Madalena
- 1901 days ago - wsws.org
The Colombian military's massacre last Saturday of 17 members of the guerrilla movement FARC, including its second in command, on Ecuadoran soil has brought tensions in the region to an unprecedented level, raising the serious threat of armed conflict
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Country Profile: Colombia
World  (tags: Colombia, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', Violence )

Ben
- 2056 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Colombia has significant natural resources and its diverse culture reflects the indigenous Indian, Spanish and African origins of its people But it has also been ravaged by a decades-long violent conflict involving outlawed armed groups, drug cartels an
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Colombian Sews His Mouth Shut in Protest
World  (tags: Colombia, poverty, protest, HumanRights )

Julia
- 2035 days ago - ap.google.com
OGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Forget going on a hunger strike. In Colombia, an unemployed man has sewn shut his mouth and locked himself behind an iron mask to demand the government attend to his family's desperate economic plight.
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Chavez Denounces Colombian Paramilitary Activity in Venezuela
World  (tags: Venezuela, socialism, HumanRights, revolution, Colombia, usa, conflict, corruption, crime, ethics, politics, violence, terrorism, war )

Simon
- 1922 days ago - venezuelanalysis.com
Sunday, Venezuela's President Chávez denounced the presence of Colombian paramilitaries operating in Venezuela with US govt support. Colombia's President Uribe refuses to respond. A US govt document implicates "anti-drug" US ally Uribe in the drug trade.
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A Cool Way To Go To School??? Colombia   video
World  (tags: Colombia, news, society, world )

Teresa
- 1419 days ago - youtube.com
One way to get to school... Colombian Authorities should do something about this ASAP!!!!
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The Attack on Ecuador - Underestimating Rafael Correa - By Fidel Castro
World  (tags: usa, troops, Yankee, terrorism, Ecuador, colombia, death, crime )

Madalena
- 1901 days ago - informationclearinghouse.info
Imperialism has just committed a monstrous crime in Ecuador. Deadly bombs were dropped in the early morning hours on a group of men and women who, almost without exception, were asleep. That has been deduced by all the official reports right from the begi
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Uribe's Illegal Cross-Border Raid - Colombian Deaths in Ecuador
World  (tags: usa, colombia, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, venezuela, Raśl Reyes, Farc )

Madalena
- 1901 days ago - informationclearinghouse.info
the midnight attack on the camp of the Farc leaders, a mile inside Ecuadorean territory in the jungle region south of the Putumayo river, was a political decision taken by the Colombian president Alvaro Uribe to put an end to the peace process orchestrate
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