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b bruce comments on When will there ever be direct Miami San Anndres service?

Hey, Great idea! The U.S. can build a military base there as well.

b bruce comments on Gringo Shooting on Friday

Can a gringo who owns a business in Colombia own a gun legally?

b bruce comments on Chavez tells Colombia not to build base for US

Whoa! What a great idea! Where do we pick up the applications for job opportunities when construction begins?

b bruce comments on Rambo Eat Your Heart Out!

Compliments of the super secret unit in the U.S.Army known as the Activity! Who have supported their close allies the Colombians for many years now. See! Plan Colombia does work! And please do not forget, Plan Colombia was started by the Clinton Administration! Viva Colombia!

b bruce comments on Dollar hits 2-month high vs. euro

Gentlemen! America as in the United States of America, needs to begin drilling it's own oil and natural gas, tapping it's own resources. The moment a U.S. President signs off on that the dollar will stablize and the price of oil will start coming down. When demand is high and the resources are controlled. Those with the resources control the price. When there is abundance of anything it is cheap. Obama will not be the next President of the United States! He needs just a bit more experience in these tough times (War on Terrorism and the Economy) Also his shady past is slowly catching up to him. But it has made the Democratic race sort of a reality show which is fun to watch! I can imagine Hugo Chavez has slipped the Obama campaigne some money, and I am sure the FBI is watching closely. Unfortunately we will be stuck with the best of the three evils Sen. John McCain!!!! Who has no economic know how! Unfortunately, for those of you who would like to see Obama or Billary in the White House, it will hurt Colombia. Because those two think the world of Fidel and Hugo! But a socialist in the top spot in Colombia? It's back to square one for Colombia. Perhaps a re-visit to much more violent times.

b bruce comments on Scum wearing the army uniform sentenced to rot and die in prison

I just hope the warden at the prison they are sent to is not on the payrole as well. Colombia is taking great strides in the war against the FARC and corruption. If only the liberal democrates in U.S. Congress could see this. But most of all, understand what wonderful Colombia has gone through over the last two decades.

b bruce comments on A few Bogota photos:

Thank you for the photos! Heading back to Colombia in late July or early August. Unfortunately I have left knee replacement scheduled for May 28. After rehab, I will be ready to go back to beautiful Colombia for some R and R.

b bruce comments on Colombia’s guerrilla commander killed

Since those laptops were recovered, seems the bad guys have been taking it on the chin! I wonder if there was any porn on those laptops. Perhaps cousin Hugo in drag, or maybe brother Fidel in panty hose and bra?

b bruce comments on Protecting America from Colombia

I still think it was a shake down for badly needed money from the Colombian government at that time. Mark Penn is certainly smarter then Mrs. C. The word got out and they got caught! He took the bullet. The Bill and Hill will sell Chelsey if the money is right!

b bruce comments on In the USA Colombians are switching to Republican, over Hillary and TLC

Yeah! I haerd about this movie. Three men and a dike!

b bruce comments on In the USA Colombians are switching to Republican, over Hillary and TLC

Most Colombian's I know in South Florida as the Cubans are conservative. The Democrate woman who is running against pro FTA Republican Eliana Ross Latenen is Colombian. She is also pro-union and anti-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. She will get crushed running against the Free Trade Agreement and Ross Latenen in South Florida. Viva Colombia!

b bruce comments on FARC Gets FARCed

I have been following the news out of Colombia closely since the raid in Ecuador. The Miami Herald does a pretty good job covering what goes on in Latin America. There was a small article out of Caracas that said that the Laptop computers captured by the Colombian military could not have survived that attack. Then over the next two weeks there were articles of Interpol capturing the Russian arms dealer who sold weapons to the FARC in Thailand. Then two homes were raided in Ecuador and Mexico where large amounts of money were found and discovered to be FARC safe houses. Well it looks to me those Laptops were in good working order because things went fast forward after the attack. Viva Colombia!

b bruce comments on No Free trade with Colombia

The Dems are killing each other. A brokered Dem Convention will be a disaster. So I suggest Hillary and Obama have a dual. Pistals? No. Not exciting enough. 12 gauge riot shotguns. Live ESPN or Pay Per View. Twenty paces turn and shoot. Whoa! Would that be interesting. It might even still be legal in the U.S. Winner takes all! Viva Colombia!

b bruce comments on

Hey everyone is bitching that the poor in America are suffering so. Has it occured to any one of you that many of the poor in this country are over weight. Fat actually! Many have cars, sometimes two cars, big screen TV's. Get a check from Uncle Sam! Free health care if needed. Now South America is what you refer to as poor. Do you actually believe this counrty will go socialist? Not in our life time suckers! This is the land of opportunity. Socialism takes those opportunities from you. The poor may be poor, but they are not stupid. Bitch Hillary and Obama Yo Mama will destroy what chances either of them have before the Dems convention in Denver. Viva Colombia!

b bruce comments on The Point: Erosion of Colombia's glorified gang

This is a very sad story. If the FARC are ignorant enough to let this innocent woman die it will be the final nail in their stinking jungle coffin. They will have lost what little support that they have left. I cannot believe that Uncle Hugo has not paid big cash to get her handed over. It would be a feather in his Communista cap! But I think he has distanced himself from the FARC since the raid in Ecuador. I'm sure he knows that the Signals Intellegence boys are picking up every radio signal along the Colombian and Venezuelan border. Let's just pray Ingrid can hold on a little longer.

b bruce comments on No Free trade with Colombia

Folks you need to watch all of this closely. It is the press that are saying it is all doom and gloom. Sure there is some portions of the business sector that is slow. I think there is more to it then the envionmentalists for us not drilling our own oil. Who would stand to suffer the most if we began drilling in some of the big oil finds in Colorado and now North Dakota. There is a do not touch deal somewhere. As far as Hillarys polster getting caught dealing with the Colombians. You must not know the Clintons very well. I would bet a years salary that Hillary sent him to blackmail the Colombians for the cash. She is strapped for cash at the moment in a campaigne that is sputtering at best. That is straight from the Clinton's playbook. I believe she sent him and the word got out. He took the bullet for her that's all. Gal Hillary and Obama Yo Mama will destroy the Democratic party in the next three months. The Democratic convention in Denver will be one for the history books. Has Denver ever had street riots? Hell, John McCain the moderate looks pretty good to some Democrates. McCain is a friend of Colombia! Viva Colombia!

b bruce comments on U.S.-Colombia Deal Faces Labor Deceit

Well the Bushman sent it to Congress forcing the vote within the next 90 congressional days. I have started sending letters to all of the Democrates in Senate and the House. Our congress people very seldom read congressional legislation. They instead depend on a staff of hundreds that read it for them. The whole system sucks. But I am sending letters identifying myself as someone who has been to wonderful Colombia on several occasions. I am also suggesting that these same congress people read the book "Big Trouble" by Anthoney Lukas. In the very beginning we experienced violance as well when it came to union organizing. It started with the Idaho mining riots. The miners were working for little money in inhuman conditions for twelve hours a day. Ended up with the murder of the Idaho Governor who suppressed the riots and the battle between the capitalists and socialists for the heart and soul of America. Very good read. It will certainly be a much tougher road for the unions in Colombia! Unions have their good and bad. The bad is American companies go off shore to get it done much cheaper. In most cases not at the same quality. I feel the Free Trade Agreement would benefit both the U.S. and Colombia.

b bruce comments on Spirit Airlines

Here in Ft Lauderdale Spirit Airlines is referred to as Evil Spirit Airlines. Absolutely terrible in baggage connections. Seems the passengers get through customs at a reasonable clip but their baggage disappears! Terrible baggage problems.

b bruce comments on Peanut butter

My last trip to Santa Marta ,I took a few boxes of Aunt Jamima instant pancake mix, syrup and some Sausage from Philadelphia. After a night partying at Rodadero, we had a pancake and sausage feast the following morning. The pancakes and syrup won them all over immediately. A good'ol American breakfast in beautiful Santa Marta, Colombia! I would be very happy if I could import Yeungling beer to Colombia!,

b bruce comments on 3-Minute Interview: Eric Wolfinger

Calm down folks! This cat pulled it off. He has gone where no man (gringo) has gone before. You talk as if he has passed on some outside germ that will wipe out their primative culture. I found the article very interesting! Content this web site lacks. He did it right. He spoke to the people and was invited in as a friend. He didn't skydive in with video camera and a million dollar sponsor. The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta is Colombia's unknown treasure. Now we know a bit more about it. My hats off to the cook, great story dude!

b bruce comments on Has anyone done any saltwater fishing in Colombia ?

While scuba diving in the National Park Tayrona you could see the damage from the dinamite fishing. Especially on the coral. Also there has been some talk about the coal dust from the large coal shipping terminal north up the coast from Santa Marta hurting the marine environment. Although while returning from the dive trip, the boat captain was dragging a fishing line and landed a small bill fish. Good looking fish, just to small.

b bruce comments on shipping car from miami to barranquilla

Call these people, they ship stuff throughout the Caribbean, Central and South America. DIDI CARGO INC Telephone 786-258-3431 786-295-7504 toll free 877-823-3434

b bruce comments on Studying In Barranquilla, Colombia...HElp please!!!

Yo Nubbster! I returned to school for Marine Engineering so I could make a decent living in Colombia! I would suggest getting at least your associates degree so you can find at least decent employment in Colombia while you attend school there to chase your dream. I live in Dania Beach, if you are a student, I can get you the ideal part time job with the airlines at Ft auderdale/Hollywood International Airport. Approximately ten to twenty hours per week paid weekly with Delta Airlines flight benefits worldwide. Travel,travel travel. I love Barranquilla but Santa Marta is paradise found for this old soldier!

b bruce comments on Avianca Sale to Colombia.....Jan & Feb

There is only one Avianca Flight out of Ft Lauderdale per day. That is a direct flight to Bogota. So any other destination they advertise from Ft Lauderdale goes through Bogota. Miami has several Avianca flights per day to many destinations in Colombia.

b bruce comments on Bancolombia

Bancolombia has a branch office in Miami. Perhaps you could have someone open an account on this end for you. Also Bancopopular (Ibelieve that is how you say it) advertises here in the Miami and Ft Lauderdale areas. I can't imagine they would say no to someone on this side of the big pond!

b bruce comments on Anyone have advice on finding inexpensive airline tickets from the U.S. To Colombia in May

Spirit Airlines out of Fort Lauderdale, will begin air service to Panama City, Panama and Cartagena within the next few months!

b bruce comments on FARC tortures boy

How about some good old fashioned American Air Force arc-light carpet bombing! I think there is room in the Plan Colombia budget for some surplus B-52's. Do it one grid square at a time. Place may look like Utah afterwards, but hell Utah has it's good points!

b bruce comments on DNA: Orphaned Emanuel Is Clara Rojas' Son

Damn that sucks! After all the wheeling and dealing Chavez did to put a socialist feather in his cap, oh, I mean beret! The FARC or should we now call them the FARSE will have to give back all the boots, radios and rifles Chavez most likley gave them to pull this off. Thugs dealing with thugs. Uribe looks awfully good now compared to the Socialist Monkey Boy Chavez!

b bruce comments on Christmas in NYC and Barranquila

elmo you are one very funny dude! Thank you for the Christmas cheer. As for me, I am forced to spend the holidays here on the wonderful Dania Beach. Plan to be in Santa Marta in February! Merry Christmas dude, have a wonderful New Year! bc

b bruce comments on Diary tells of disillusionment with rebels. Dutch woman joined group in early 2003

My apology folks! It was in the Miami Herald this past week. Did not realize it had been posted before! I just hope once she let the cat out of the bag so to speak, the bad guys don't put a bullet in the back of her head!

b bruce comments on New Book About Colombia! MY COLOMBIAN WAR by Silvana Paternostro

Right on, juancegomez. I have been starved for books about modern day Colombia. I found several in one of the book stores in Bogota's airport. But stateside, even in the libraries it is hard to find books about Colombia. It is almost as the place does not exist! Thank you for the added info!

b bruce comments on New Book About Colombia! MY COLOMBIAN WAR by Silvana Paternostro

Right on, juancegomez. I have been starved for books about modern day Colombia. I found several in one of the book stores in Bogota's airport. But stateside, even in the libraries it is hard to find books about Colombia. It is almost as the place does not exist! Thank you for the added info!

b bruce comments on

Excellent photo's! The downtown area looks so clean. It looks like a very beautiful area with the surrounding hills/mountains. Thank you for the post!

b bruce comments on NASCAR heavily marketing Montoya

I told my friends in the U.S. a few years ago. If the cab drivers in Barranquilla ever make it to the U.S., they will take over NASCAR! I have not really followed the sport, but I will now just to support Montoya. There are some realy freaked out people who follow the sport. I also follow the Colombian cyclists who are making an impact in the big races like the tour de France. Viva Colombia!

b bruce comments on Coca leaves sprinkled backstage in Las Vegas.

Documentation? When I visit my friends in Santa Marta, they always hook me up with a hand full of emeralds. No documentation there either. Just roll them up in a pair of pants in my backpack and go with the flow. Documentation? We don't need no stinking documentation!

b bruce comments on Barranquilla or Medellin?

Elmo, sorry to hear things are so bad in NYC. But I think just a little over reaction! How did you feel when the Clinton Adnministration burned all those American Citizens to death in Waco, Texas? A direct violation of the Constitution using federal troops to attack and murder american citizens! You must have been on the computer addressing PBH how great things were here at that time! The date April 19, 1993. Hey, here's a great idea! Take your NY Senator who is from Chicago, ILL. with you! She does not stand a snowballs chance in hell as the leader of the free world. But hey, the people of Medillen might buy her bullshit hook line and sinker! Then you could have a Medillen mayor who is from Chicago, ILL who worked in New York but is actually from Colombia. And a life long fan of Colombia"s national soccer team!

b bruce comments on "Killing Pablo"... or how the US and Colombia sold their soul to devil

Hey, cocain does not seem to be the problem in Barranquilla. Did you ever try to buy some glue. I went into a department store to buy some glue to repair a ceramic piece I purchased for friends. Damn, It was worse than a drug deal goung down. Everyone who worked in the store put me through the third degree. Two forms of identification doodah,doodah,doodah. Is there a glue sniffing problem in Colombia? When you would discuss cocain the locals seem to get angry!

b bruce comments on Santa Marta, Colombia....my visa....international insurance....help would be appreciated

My first trip to Santa Marta answered all of my questions. I have traveled throughout Mexico,Central America, China, Thailand and Laos. For me Santa Marta is Paradise Found! Santa Marta is at the base of the highest coastal mountain range in the world. White sand beaches of the Caribbean and snow capped peaks of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. You are very close to the National Park Tayrona and not far from Barranquilla if you need the big city some times. I have four classes remaining here for Marine Engineering and it looks like left knee replacement in the very near future. Once all done, I will be moving to Santa Marta some time next year. If you need some help when you arrive please let me know, I have friends there that would be glad to show you the area, best resturants, shopping etc! Have fun!

b bruce comments on "Killing Pablo"... or how the US and Colombia sold their soul to devil

My hats off to Mark Bowden, he did a good job writing the book. My hat is off to the Colombian militarys commando's for hunting the piece of shit down and killing him. Pablo was no Robin Hood. He was a thug who would murder his own friends to meet his goal. But one mans murderous thug can be someone elses hero!

b bruce comments on Socialist Revolution in Colombia

I think morph is just sending out feelers for his new web page "Socialist and not happy.com/Venezuela

b bruce comments on US Airways competing with JetBlue for Colombia routes

Avianca the airline of Colombia will feel the pinch here. I believe the airline is owned by a company out of Brazil, which may not want to compete. But I can tell you first hand, the one Avianca flight out of Ft. Lauderdale to Bogota daily Boeing 757 is always full. People do what they gotta do to avoid flying out of Miami. But then again, if the U.S.airlines are lining up to fly in to Colombia it must be an appealing destination.

b bruce comments on info about central and south america

It is easy to drive through Mexico and Central America all the way to Panama. I would suggest to do most if not all of your driving during the day, be settled in for dinner and cerveza when the sun goes down. A friend of mine attempted to hike through the Darien Gap. He caught a boat near Turbo over to the Darien region. He informed me he had only walked for about forty minutes when all the sudden the whole jungle around him stood up and approached him. He had walked right into a Panamanian/U.S Army counter drug ambush. He stated he actually pooped himself! They informed him he was in real bad guy territroy. They escorted him back to the boat launch and sent him back to Turbo. So if you do the Darien, be sure to take an extra pair of shorts and toilet paper!

b bruce comments on Has anyone been up to Valledupar and San Sabastian?

San Sabastian is north east of Valladupar or directly east of El Cerrito which is north of Valladupar. Looking at San Sabastian on the map, it appears the road ends there very close to the southeast side of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Thank you for your input!

b bruce comments on BUSH Fundraiser Linked to C.I.A. Drug Plane

Here on the east coast of Florida we will be visited by the outer bands of Tropical Storm Noel. But as we all no, there is always more to the story. Reports from the New York times news wire say a large wind machine was found in the Bahamas which has been traced back to a Republican fund raiser who is also Carl Roves eighth cousin! I think that qualifies as a right wing conspiracy!

b bruce comments on Money aside, why would you prefer to live in Colombia as opposed to the US. - Canada- Europe

Mr Bill was right on! I don't live there yet. Certainly moving within twelve months. I have lived my entire life in the good 'ol USA. I have been throughout Mexico, Central America, Thailand, China and Laos. The people of Colombia win the "Best of" prize hands down. The Santa Marta area is like no other for my tastes. White sand beaches of the Caribbean and snow capped peaks of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. No place like it on earth! You can always head home to the USA for a visit. But for me, Colombia is paradise found!

b bruce comments on Why is... BILL GATES IN COLOMBIA?

He is in Colombia because he is providing several thousand computers to schools in poor and rural Colombia. It was announced here in the U.S. about a month ago that Microsoft was doing it's part to assist Colombia. I also believe Bill Gates has stepped down as President and CEO at Microsoft. As in he is retired now! In the December issue of Forbes it lists the top wealthiest 400 in the United States.All are billionaires. It says that Bill Gates earns $190. per second, $11,400 a minute, $685.000 per hour, $16.4 million a day, $500 million a month and six billion this year! Total worth $59 Billion U.S. dollars. Hey Bill, let me hold a dollar till Tuesday!

b bruce comments on Senior FARC rebel is killed in combat.

There was an article in todays Miami Herald titled "Warlord admits killings". The story is about jailed paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso who at one time led an army of as many as 30,000 men and women. The 43 year old former rancher and rice farmer is cooperating with Colombian authorites naming congressman, generals and U.S. and Colombian businessmen he says benefited from the paramilitaries blood soaked rise. If he cooperates, his prison term will be no more than eight years instead of forty. Plus he will avoid extradition to the United States for hsi participation in the drug trade.

b bruce comments on Aires to start Bogota - Ft. Lauderdale route

Good news for the traveler! I work at Hollywood/Ft Lauderdale Airport. NYC based JetBlue has also annouced they have applied for service between Ft Lauderdale and Bogota. Sounds like Spirit Airlines based here in Miramar, Florida may apply as well.

b bruce comments on Miguel_Clavo

The company is Didi Cargo Inc.toll free 1-877-823-3434 or on thge web www.didicargo.com. Located in the Ft Lauderdale area. Good luck!

b bruce comments on goin_south

greetings, I fly out of Miami on Avianca to Barranquilla. two hours thirty minutes. Spend a few days in Baq at the wonderful Hotel Majestic near El Prado district to visit friends. Then bus from the main terminal Baq to Santa Marta up the coast about ninty minutes depending on construction projects. Have fun! Viva Colombia!