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U.S. extraditions raise concerns in Colombia

msn.com yesterday 1 related

Country's 'Justice and Peace' process may be imperiled by legal proceedings John Watson - Riley / EPA file Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officers walk with a former paramilitary commander Edwin Gómez in Opa Locka,...

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Chiquita Brands and Paying Protection Money

wordpress.com Aug 1, 2008 1 related

Your bananas are a result of Chiquita paying for 'protection' in Colombia. For more than six years, from 1997 to February 2004, Chiquita Brands International, through its subsidiary in Colombia, Banadex S.A., made monthly...

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Colombian Paramilitaries Plead Guilty to US Drug Charges

voanews.com Jul 30, 2008 30 related

Two Colombian paramilitary members have pled guilty in a U.S. court to drug trafficking charges, after being extradited from Colombia. VOA's Brian Wagner has this report from Miami. The two right-wing paramilitaries entered...

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RIGHTS-COLOMBIA: US-Based Lawyers to Defend Victims of Paramilitaries

ipsnews.net Jul 28, 2008

By Helda Martínez BOGOTA, Jul 25 (IPS) - Two human rights lawyers from the United States announced in the Colombian capital that they will defend the victims of paramilitary chiefs who were recently extradited to the United...

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RIGHTS-COLOMBIA: US Lawyers to Defend Victims of Paramilitaries

ipsnews.net Jul 26, 2008

By Helda Martínez BOGOTA, Jul 25 (IPS) - Two human rights lawyers from the United States announced in the Colombian capital that they will defend the victims of paramilitary chiefs who were recently extradited to the United...

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COLOMBIA: Dangerous Times

newsocialist.org Jul 3, 2008 3,163 related

Leslie Gill looks at recent moves by the right-wing Uribe government to “bury the scandal in which his administration is deeply implicated” and the role of right-wing paramilitary forces in Colombia, and Justin Podur writes on...

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Colombia Polarized by Uribe's Battle With Courts

epochtimes.com Jun 30, 2008 13 related

BOGOTA—Colombian President Alvaro Uribe deepened his feud with the courts on Monday by going ahead with plans for a referendum aimed at rerunning the 2006 election in which he won a second term. The popular leader reacted...

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Ecuador, ALBA and the FARC

fanonite.org Jun 15, 2008 9 related

Today’s guest editorial from my friend toni solo on recent developments in Latin America and the ominous push back by global capital. Recent remarks by Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez on the civil war in Colombia and...

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RIGHTS-COLOMBIA: Defending Women’s Defenders

ipsnews.net Jun 9, 2008

BOGOTA, Jun 9 (IPS) - After nearly six years of the "democratic security" policy of the government of rightwing President Álvaro Uribe, women activists in Colombia are as vulnerable to human rights abuses as ever, said female...

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Uribe's dealings with rightwing paramilitaries remains an untold story

mathaba.net Jun 3, 2008 1 related

by Andy Higginbottom (The Guardian) Your report on the find by Colombian security forces diverts attention from the mounting evidence of President Álvaro Uribe's own links with rightwing paramilitary death squads (Laptop emails link...

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