Category Archives: Colombia
Colombia Action Alert: Support Summit Against Militarization (full details)
Christian Peacemaker Teams NOTE: The CPTnet Editor apologizes for the series of Spanish language links at the bottom of this article (one is in English). Readers are invited to search the internet for materials in their preferred language. CPT Colombia … Continue reading
Mass Graves and Alleged Extrajudicial Executions in the Macarena, Colombia
by Kelly Nicholls Executive Director, U.S. Office on Colombia After Everardo Borda was killed by the armed forces on January 16, 2008 his body was allegedly dumped in a clandestine grave site directly beside the military base of the Rapid … Continue reading
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Against the New McCarthyism: A NACLA Statement on Hollman Morris
The North American Congress on Latin America denounces the State Department’s decision to deny a visa to Colombian TV journalist Hollman Morris. Morris was slated to receive the Samuel Chavkin Award for Integrity in Latin American Journalism, given by NACLA … Continue reading
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Colombia Support Network Representatives detained at Miami airport
We wish to report that we John I. Laun and Cecilia Zarate-Laun, were taken to an immigration office in the Miami airport when we returned on Friday July 17, 2010 from attending the dedication of the Carol Chomsky Forest (Bosque … Continue reading
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Hollman Morris, Colombian Journalist, Says Patriot Act Visa Rejection for “Terrorist” Activities “Puts My Life in Danger”
by Max Schoening and Matt Sledge A Colombian journalist who was recently denied a visa to study under Harvard University’s Nieman Fellowship program says the State Department’s decision may put his life under further threat. Hollman Morris, an investigative television … Continue reading
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CPJ urges Clinton to reconsider Morris visa denial
July 13, 2010 The Hon. Hillary Rodham ClintonSecretary of StateU.S. Department of State2201 C Street, N.W.Washington, D.C. 20520 Via facsimile: +1 (202) 647-2283 Dear Secretary Clinton: We are writing to express our deep concern about the U.S. State Department’s denial of … Continue reading
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Revolutionary Social Change in Colombia: The Origin and Direction of the FARC-EP
Review by Josh Sykes Professor James J. Brittain’s new book, Revolutionary Social Change in Colombia: The Origin and Direction of the FARC-EP (Pluto Press, London: 2010), is a thoroughly researched and documented academic study of the Colombian revolution and of … Continue reading
