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Paramilitaries threaten Canadian embassy in Bogotá

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Paramilitaries threaten Canadian embassy in Bogotá
Submitted by WW4 Report on Fri, 06/20/2008 - 23:52.
Little more than a week after the Canadian government announced the completion of free trade talks with Colombia, that country's national daily, El Tiempo, reports [June 14] that the �?guilas Negras (Black Eagles), a violent right-wing paramilitary organization, has sent threatening emails to the Canadian Embassy in Bogotá.

The threats are reported to include references to the Embassy's granting exile to witnesses in the Colombian government's on-going "para-política" scandal, in which at least 65 Colombian Congress members are under investigation for direct links to paramilitary groups.

Twenty-nine Congress members, all supporters and close political allies of current Colombian president �?lvaro Uribe Vélez, are currently behind bars for proven links with paramilitary groups over which the government is suffering a serious legitimacy crisis.

By Chriscan on Jun 21, 2008, 20:42 in Politics & the war.

adrimm says on Jun 21, 2008, 22:30:

http://poorbuthappy.com/colombia/post/canadian-embassy-in-bogota-targe...

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robi666 says on Jun 22, 2008, 05:53:

A threaten by email... wow... dangerous!

"I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth. A nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a nation that never cheats, which is immense and without borders, where life is lived in the present."

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papiChulo says on Jun 22, 2008, 12:48:

I don't know docwilly... I know some Colombians here in Canada. They don't mind it here, quite happy and sucessfull actually. One couple lived in the US before coming here. They said they would never go back to USA. Too many crackers or racists there or something like that.

I'm not greedy I just want a lot.

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billyb says on Jun 22, 2008, 12:53:

does anybody see the irony of somebody who calls people crackers, whining about racism?

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billyb says on Jun 22, 2008, 13:07:

BTW Papi, I didn't mean you, but rather the couple you mention.

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papiChulo says on Jun 22, 2008, 13:11:

lol... I was just using that term billyb... not sure if the term"crackers" was used by them but racist was... not too surprising I guess.

I'm not greedy I just want a lot.

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jinksmiester says on Jun 22, 2008, 21:12:

My wife and ( sisters).. here on work visas with my business like canada just fine and are in no hurry to return to colombia.They have work and earn some fairly decent money some of which they send home to colombia.If they stay for the full two years of contract employment they shoud able sock away perhaps 150 mil col or better.They could never have done that in colombia at the pay they recieved there..(4 hunderd thou col a month on average).They make that much here in tips in a few days... Took them for a trip to banff and jasper and toured the rocky mountains and they just loved it there.

A man is not old until regret takes the place of dreams

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romy says on Jun 23, 2008, 07:06:

jinks are you based out of Alberta? we went out to Kananaskis for father's day and I've been wondering why I'm not out in the mountains more often. My brother's been doing some serving and he easily makes a Colombian minimum salary in an evening... oil money is spilling to to the service industry in crazy amounts that the city is now being flooded with people that provide these services. I might have to move back to Colombia sooner or later.

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papiChulo says on Jun 23, 2008, 11:12:

docwilly. I know what you mean man I don't like the cold either. Another good reason to move to Colombia. Personally I like the USA was going to live there in the 80's but got immigration status to Australia 1st.

I'm not greedy I just want a lot.

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romy says on Jun 23, 2008, 21:26:

yeah good luck with that...

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romy says on Jun 23, 2008, 21:57:

I'm just getting into the stampede mode I guess... one more for you Rubito

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CanadaMan says on Jun 23, 2008, 22:04:

Rubito,

You must miss Yonge st , TTC , Go Train , The Leafs , Blue Jays , The Beer etc..

What clube did you play in the Toronto and Mississauga area ?

Have a good one , eh..

..

Formerly WidowerfromCanada...I am engaged to a wonderful Peruviana.

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juancegomez says on Jun 25, 2008, 23:31:

Whatever one may think about Canada or about the methods used to convey this threat, one shouldn't take these things lightly in Colombia, at least not by default.

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