http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7282872.stm
Hola a todos,
Les escribo para que me ayuden un poco con el significado de estas palabras. Soy gringa, hablo bien el espanol, pero aun me falta comprender varios matices culturales del idioma.
Bueno, estoy haciendo un programa de maestria en la ensenanza de espanol como segunda lengua. Estoy metida en un trabajo en el cual me toca explicar el tema de los diminutivos en espanol. Ya casi termino, pero pienso incluir los diminutivos "mamita y papito" para explicar sus significados cu ...
Hi,
I'm in the midst of writing a paper on diminutives in Spanish and I'd like to make sure I understand the nuances and meanings of mamita/ papito if I decide to include those in my examples. I always thought mamita was a compliment, un piropo. Estoy en lo cierto? I understand it as informal, colloquial speech, non-offensive, complimenting a woman.
Is papito said in Colombia? I've heard papacito in Cuba, but not sure about Colombia. I lived in Spain for a couple years too ...
Colombia probe names Uribe allies
The paramilitaries are engaged in the peace process
Prosecutors in Colombia have named six politicians they want to question over alleged links to right-wing paramilitary groups.
The men are members of President Alvaro Uribe's governing coalition, and include the foreign minister's brother, Senator Alvaro Araujo.
The move comes after three other politicians, also allies of Mr Uribe, were detained earlier ...
Anyone heard anything more on this?
Colombia: Uribe en tela de juicio
Hernando Salazar
BBC Mundo, Bogotá
La popularidad del presidente colombiano, �lvaro Uribe, está en duda después que este martes se entregara Eric Morris, uno de los tres congresistas aliados del gobierno cuya captura fue ordenada por la Corte Suprema de Justicia por supuestos nexos con paramilitares derechistas.
Muchos especulan si este esc ...
"En Europa no saben"
No saben que financian los secuestros. No saben que financian la colocación de minas.
Francisco Santos, vicepresidente de Colombia
El vicepresidente de Colombia, Francisco Santos, se reúne en la capital británica con responsables de la lucha contra el tráfico de drogas de once paÃses europeos, como parte de una campaña denominada "Responsabilidad compartida".
Representantes de Alemania, Austria, Dinamarca, Espaà ...
Does anyone know anything else about this?
Seems interesting...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/hi/spanish/latin_america/newsid_6110000/6110440.stm
can you no longer send personal emails on this site? i can't find my inbox anywhere...
He conocido a algunos colombianos en Chicago y me gustaria conocer mas!
Donde estan?
Colombia: Uribe Must End Attacks on Media
Government Should Investigate Charges of Extrajudicial Executions, Fraud
(New York, April 17, 2006) - Instead of attacking the news media for reporting allegations of criminal activity in a Colombian intelligence agency, President Ã?lvaro Uribe should ensure a full investigation of the charges, Human Rights Watch said today.
Over the last two weeks, major news media have extensively reported on allegations of paramilitary inf ...
For those of you who were interested in hearing more details of the story about my friend who was beaten, here are his words...
"Here`s basically what happened. I spent most of December in the Pacific coast portion of Cauca department, on the Guapi and Timbiquà Rivers. Neither of which has significant guerrilla presence except for far far up the river, nor paramillitary presence at all. One night in TimbiquÃ, I went out with some friends to a local bar. I was outside making a p ...
Since this happened to a close, personal friend of mine, I wanted to spread the word. He is half-Colombian and has been in Colombia for the last year doing research for his doctorate in Ethhnomusicology, specifically Afro-Colombian music. He has filed a complaint and it was published in the Opinion section of "El Tiempo".
http://eltiempo.terra.com.co/hist_imp/HISTORICO_IMPRESO/OPINION_HISTORICO/2006-01-19/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR_HIST-2699842.html ...
BBC News
Colombia ready for hostage talks
Colombia is prepared to pull out troops from a small mountainous area to hold talks about exchanging hostages for jailed rebels, the government has said.
In what is seen as a U-turn, President Alvaro Uribe said he accepted proposals by an international commission to break a deadlock with the left-wing Farc.
The rebels are holding some 60 hostages - including foreigners - several of whom were seized s ...
Update and Urgent Action Alert - Attacks and Threats in San José de Apartadó
Fellowship of Reconciliation is saddened to report that recent combat near the San José de Apartadó Peace Community has resulted in the death of one of its leaders and serious injury to one of its members. According to the peace community, Arlen Salas David, community leader and coordinator of the Arenas Altas humanitarian zone, was killed by a grenade allegedly fired by the Colombian military on Nov ...
I was reading a couple of Human Rights Watch reports about the displaced population (around 4 million people) and then another one with regards to the Demobilization Process. I found them both upsetting. Any opinions or insight?
Here are the links and I have copied a paragraph from each report.
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/10/14/colomb11864.htm
Colombia: Millions Displaced by Conflict Denied Basic Rights
(New York, October 14, 2005)—The C ...
emails saying they have personal messages? Then when I check my account there is nothing. How can I fix this? Thanks.
Amigos latinoamericanos:
Enviamos un buen ejemplo del verdadero riesgo que corren los periodistas colombianos cuando ejercen su profesión. Para la muestra, un botón: Daniel Coronell se desempeña actualmente como director del informativo Noticias Uno, que se transmite los fines de semana por uno de los canales estatales en Colombia. El doctor Coronell se ha caracterizado por informar lo que la mayorÃa de los medios no informan y por denunciar lo que otros medios no denuncian. O ...
If interested in seeing a clip and reading about this documentary that has recently come out, go to this website...
www.lasierrafilm.com
Two journalists (an American and a Colombian) lived in the barrio of La Sierra in Medellin and followed the lives of three young people for a year. The journalists got permission from higher-up para commanders to film. ...
New York Times
June 25, 2005
Relatives of Colombian Victims Protest Concessions to Militias
By JUAN FORERO
BOGOTÃ?, Colombia, June 24 - They came to the capital from the indigenous villages in the northern mountains, the Afro-Caribbean hamlets of the steamy western jungles and the bustling barrios of MedellÃn. They are the relatives of union activists, politicians and peasant leaders, all victims of right-wing paramilitary assassins.
A ...
Time is up for Plan Colombia. Act now!
Next week Congress will vote on more money for the next phase of Plan Colombia - as much as $750 million for 2006. The six-year policy of mostly military aid expires this year, and new money won't rescue a failed plan. It's critical that we make our voices heard at this point in the process!
The time to act is NOW. The FY2006 Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill, which funds military aid to Colombia, is headed to the floor f ...
Anyone ever stayed here? what's it like?
Estare en Cartagena durante la primera semana de julio y no se donde quedarme. me gustaria quedarme en algun lugar economico y seguro. soy mujer de E.U., y estare sola en Cartagena por una semana antes de encontrarme con amigos mios en Bogota despues. estare segura en cartagena? gracias. ...
I am a single 33 year old woman traveling to Cartagena alone the first week in July. I am looking for cool people to meet up with and some advice on cheap and safe places to stay. I speak Spanish and have traveled twice before to other parts of Colombia, but I don't know Cartagena. Thanks! ...
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