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A Facebook friend told me that in Colombia there's quite a number of people who believe that Europe is crowded with FARC sympathizers. At first this merely sounded surprising, yet, the more I thought about it, it actually became a quite offending piece of information.
U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to announce that Colombia is complying with the labor rights conditions that were set for a free trade agreement between Bogota to take effect. This approval will only perpetuate the ongoing labor rights violations.
Last week's tragic death of three presumed terrorists handling explosives in a house in northwest Bogota was followed by that of another university "student" in Tunja, when explosive devices that he was carrying, along with classmates, went off. They were heading to "protest" at a student march.
The 24(!) murders in Cali last weekend should set alarm bells ringing not only for local authorities but also for regional and national leaders.
Colombia's former Prosecutor General Luis Camilo Osorio Isaza reportedly has to respond for his alleged ties to paramilitary groups. Almost ten years after I denounced him and subsequently was forced to flee the country.
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