Faith Groups Tell Bush to Get Tough on Colombia

Faith Groups Tell Bush to Get Tough on Colombia Haider Rizvi, OneWorld US
Sat Feb 10, 12:01 AM ET



NEW YORK, Feb 10 (OneWorld) - Wary of the fast-deteriorating human rights conditions in Colombia, church leaders and aid groups in the United States are calling for the Bush administration to reconsider its current policy toward Bogota.


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By Swinn88 on Feb 10, 2007, 05:01 in Renting, selling & meetups.

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adrimm says on Feb 10, 2007, 10:16: Misleading title - I somehow think the groups in the article define tough in a different way from the Bush administration.. if anything their POV is probably something he'd have a tough time tryng to see. "A strategy of military aid and fumigation will not result in lasting change or a sustainable peace in Colombia," they said in a petition sent this week..."

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