It appears that the El Pais thinks the U.S. Government has voted Cali the most dangerous city in Colombia.

kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 28, 2005, 04:50:

funny enough I read an article which said that Kingston was the most dangerous city in the world, they have to make up their minds.

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viewpoint says on Sep 28, 2005, 05:14:

Danger can be measured many different ways. I don't profess to know it (danger in Cali) in personal terms but Cali would be a dangerous place to operate any business of SCALE as the unions are more militant there with fractions of mafia and guerilla embedded in their controlling members. Just look back at some of the labor unrest demostrations and actions that have taken place in Cali. Even the military has had to become involved to bring the unlawful actions back from the brink.

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viewpoint says on Sep 28, 2005, 05:45:

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has been committed to bringing some of the more militant Cali unions under control using (if necessary) the military. Things are better today than they were a few years ago (before Uribe came into power). Bombs and bloodshed were just tools of the trade used by some of these groups.

http://www.wdm.org.uk/campaigns/cambriefs/debt/stateunrest3/unrest3l.htm
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0619-06.htm

Even in Medellin I have seen violence used to press union demands. Like the president of a large Colombian corporation (with labor unrest) wife was targeted by criminals shooting up her car with automotic weapon fire just outside her home. There were not trying to kill her as they could have done that with one shot but rather get their message accross.

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quindioman says on Sep 28, 2005, 06:02:

i don't understand how people can say Cali is more dangerous than any other city in Colombia....what are you measuring this against?
Cali is my 2nd city in Colombia. I have lived there and I visit every time I'm in Colombia, have friends, family and a fiancee waiting for me there. Never had a problem there,and I've been to different parts of Cali at different times of day. I've never really had a major problem anywhere else in Colombia.

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aztec says on Sep 28, 2005, 08:41:

This is probably... ...a mistake on my part to share this personal bit of information. The people involved may still be in some danger.

My wife's niece was a plastic surgeon in Cali. She is now living somewhere in the U.S. She was provided asylum by the U.S.government after she was repeatedly threatened by the Mafia/cartel/Guerrilla. The final blow came when there was an attempt to kidnap her child.

So perhaps danger is relative for each person. It does, however, exist in Cali.

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