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Voices of Peace
Voz de Paz
Latin America
¿Qué es nuevo en Colombia?
What's new in Colombia?
besides US involvement in the war...
From the Christian Science Monitor
05/28/02
and the Progressive
As expected, anti-rebel candidate Alvaro Uribe won an easy victory in Colombia's
presidential election Sunday. But despite his reputation as a hard-liner - he ran
on what analysts called a "war platform" - Uribe did not rule out peace
negotiations with the nation's leftist guerrilla movements if they agreed to such
conditions as a cease-fire and an end to terrorist activities.
News Headlines from The Christian Science Monitor
Check out: Colombia
Gets Tough
Uribe's tough stance must be blended with an equally firm respect for human rights.
Also see : After win,
Colombian faces harsh Latin pattern
Alvaro Uribe Velez should beware of the Latin letdown.
By Howard LaFranchi
"A similar situation is developing in Colombia. The United States has increasingly
involved itself in Colombia's civil war, first on the pretext of fighting the war
on drugs. (Both the leftwing guerrillas and the rightwing paramilitaries are involved
in the drug trade, but the United States shows little interest in the paramilitaries.)
Increasingly, the Bush Administration is seeking to aid the Colombian military directly
in its war against the guerrilla groups--often described as terrorists by U.S. and
Colombian officials. In the latest incarnation of this effort, the United States
will help the Colombian military to protect the pipeline that delivers oil from
Occidental Petroleum's Cano Limon oilfield to refineries and terminals on the coast--a
pipeline the rebels have often sabotaged."
From: Oil Moves
the War Machine
by Michael T. Klare June 2002
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