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http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/stephen-peacock/2005/02/usaid-extending-life-colombian-alternative-development-program The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is planning to infuse several hundred million additional dollars into “alternative development� projects in Colombia over the next five years, according to a review of recently released policy planning documents. The programs are extensions of existing illicit-crop substitution efforts that USAID has supporte ...
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Cecilio Juan Padrón - Kidnapped By The FARC in Costa del Este Thursday, May 01 2008 at 04:18 PM EST Contributed by: Don Winner http://www.panama-guide.com/article.php/20080501161834503 El Siglo - Authorities from the United States have confirmed the kidnapping of Cuban-American businessman Cecilio Juan Padrón has the marks of the Colombian "Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionaria de Colombia" (FARC) guerrilla group. And it is that, precisely, in the file regarding this case there is a report on ...
Good To Be King Burger King Posts Profit Gains In Third Quarter http://cbs4.com/local/Burger.King.fast.2.713147.html MIAMI (CBS4) ― Burger King Holdings Inc., headquartered in Miami, reported on Thursday that strong same-store sales in each of its segments and new restaurant growth helped profit rise 21 percent in its third fiscal quarter. In the quarter, Burger King continued its global expansion including the opening of the first restaurant in Colombia and three franchised airport locati ...
Posted on Wed, Apr. 30, 2008 Documents suggest link between Chavez government, FARC By ALEJANDRA LABANCA McClatchy Newspapers http://www.kansascity.com/news/world/story/599791.html The government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez asked Colombia’s main leftist guerrilla group to “share its experience in guerrilla warfare,‿ citing a possible U.S. invasion, according to documents obtained by The Miami Herald. A senior Colombian official said the documents were retrieved from a c ...
Colombia says FARC rebels fire mortars from Ecuador 27 Apr 2008 02:36:12 GMT Source: Reuters http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N26401397.htm BOGOTA, April 26 (Reuters) - Colombia's army on Saturday said FARC guerrillas opened fire on its troops with home-made mortars from across Ecuador's border in the latest incident to test frayed relations between the Andean neighbors. Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa broke off diplomatic ties with Colombia last month during a regional cris ...
Chavez calls ethanol production 'crime' Sat Apr 26, 10:12 PM ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080427/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/venezuela_ethanol_1 CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says a U.S. push to boost ethanol production during a world food crisis is a "crime." The socialist leader says he is concerned that so much U.S.-produced corn could be used to make biofuel, instead of feeding the world's poor. Chavez said Saturday that the corn needed to fill an average car wit ...
Colombia To Seek Oil Off San Andres Island With Jamaican Company by Inti Landauro Dow Jones Newswires 4/25/2008 URL: http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=61086 BOGOTA, April 25, 2008(Dow Jones Newswires) The Colombian oil-licensing agency, known as ANH for its Spanish acronym, will team up with Jamaica's state-owned oil company to search for oil off San Andres island in the Caribbean, ANH Director Armando Zamora said Friday. Zamora said both companies will carry out studie ...
Uribe government accused of plotting against Chávez http://english.eluniversal.com/2008/04/25/en_pol_art_uribe-government-acc_25A1537671.shtml Venezuela's former Attorney General IsaÃas RodrÃguez submitted an alleged CIA plan to the Attorney General Office The document was filed in an attempt at showing that there is an anti-Venezuela plot behind recent reports claiming that the investigation into the murder in 2004 of public prosecutor Danilo Anderson is plagued with defects JUA ...
Venezuela’s Chavez plans to bury old empire of USA Front page / World / Americas 25.04.2008 Source: Pravda.Ru Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez harshly criticized the US administration again after the unauthorized passing of the USS George Washington along the coast of the Latin American country. Chavez promised to bury the USA in the 21st century. Venezuela’s Chavez plans to bury old empire of USA “When Americans appear near our shores with their navy, the Ge ...
Colombia Stocks May Rally If Controls End, John Ditierri Says http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=aBU4vXZ2cu8c By Eric Martin April 24 (Bloomberg) -- Colombia is Latin America's most attractive stock market after Brazil and Mexico and may rally as the economy expands and the government considers lifting capital controls, investor John Ditierri said. The South American nation's shares may rebound from the worst performance in the region this year as the government contem ...
Ecuador offers FARC recognition if rebels drop 'terrorism' Wed Apr 23, 11:33 PM ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080424/wl_afp/ecuadorcolombiarebels_080424033336 QUITO (AFP) - Leftist Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa said during an interview he was willing to recognize Colombia's Marxist FARC rebels as legitimate combatants if they stop acting like terrorists. "To attain that status they would have to give up all activities contrary to the rules of war, such as kidnappings, attacks tha ...
Area For Colombia Construction Permits Down 17% In Feb On Year http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080424%5cACQDJON200804241131DOWJONESDJONLINE001020.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Area%20For%20Colombia%20Construction%20Permits%20Down%2017%25%20In%20Feb%20On%20Year BOGOTA -(Dow Jones)- Colombian authorities in February approved permits for construction on 17% less land than in the same month of 2007 as the area covered by housing permits declined, according to governm ...
Latin superstar still promoting peace in music
By Gerald M. Gay
ggay at azstarnet.com
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 04.24.2008
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/caliente/235483.php
When tensions reached a boiling point between the neighboring countries of Colombia and Venezuela earlier this year, Latin rock superstar Juanes sprang into action.
The native Colombian took time from his beyond-busy ...
Abridged world history of lies Chávez’s wording contaminated any evidence of April 11th Six years ago, on April 11th, a crisis was provoked and attributed to the enemy. As Chávez conceded later, he himself prompted this crisis. He impudently attributed the event to the opposition MANUEL CABALLERO SPECIAL ARTICLE FOR EL UNIVERSAL (Caracas) http://english.eluniversal.com/2008/04/18/en_ing_art_abridged-world-histo_18A1524121.shtml Every time the government of Venezuela's P ...
The Latino Coalition Decries Shameful Tactics on the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement http://www.agweekly.com/articles/2008/04/20/news/ag_news/news41.txt LOS ANGELES (BUSINESS WIRE - Hector V. Barreto, chairman of The Latino Coalition (TLC,) issued the following statement regarding recent congressional action on the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement: "The Latino Coalition strongly criticizes the vote taken by the U.S. House of Representatives to change the rules, which in effect in ...
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Administration Confident of Pelosi Deal on Colombia Free Trade Agreement April 18, 2008 04:16 PM ET http://www.usnews.com/blogs/news-desk/2008/04/18/administration-confident-of-pelosi-deal-on-columbia-free-trade-agreement.html With their aggressive marketing campaign for the Colombian Free Trade Agreement moving at full steam and Latin American leaders offering strong support, the Bush administration believes that it will be able to win House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's nod to hold a vote on the ...
Colombia: a frontier market that might surprise? 12:12 p.m. 02/08/2008 By Polya Lesova Provided by MarketWatch Analysts say lifting of capital controls could provide bounce market needs NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Colombia, a country scarred by violent conflict and the drug trade, could present a nice surprise for foreign equity investors searching for untapped value this year, say analysts who are watching the region. Colombia is one of Latin America's frontier markets, meanin ...
Colombia To Maintain Oil Self-Sufficiency Until 2016 - President http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080417%5cACQDJON200804171911DOWJONESDJONLINE001298.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Colombia%20To%20Maintain%20Oil%20Self-Sufficiency%20Until%202016%20-%20President BOGOTA -(Dow Jones)- Colombia will maintain its oil self-sufficiency until 2016, President Alvaro Uribe said Thursday. The previous estimate was 2015. "We can now almost say the oil sufficiency is guarante ...
Pelosi Says Defeating Colombia Deal Would Send Bad Signal http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080416%5cACQDJON200804161118DOWJONESDJONLINE000757.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Pelosi%20Says%20Defeating%20Colombia%20Deal%20Would%20Send%20Bad%20Signal By Martin Vaughan, Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday a House vote to reject the U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement would not "send a good signal about our apprecia ...
Colombia Uribe Says Correa Stoking Nationalism as a Distraction By Helen Murphy http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=aZiGytiYxm2Y April 15 (Bloomberg) -- Colombia's government said Ecuador's President Rafael Correa is stirring nationalism against Colombia to distract his citizens from internal political problems. The statement from President Alvaro Uribe's office said Correa wants to ``confuse'' Ecuadoreans by speaking out against Colombia. The statement comes afte ...
Two arrested with 138 grenades http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=47475 Bogota, April 13: Two people carrying 138 grenades in a passenger bus have been arrested in Cimitarra town in Colombia, Spain's EFE news agency reported. The seizures were made Saturday. A police official said the bus, carrying 25 people, was stopped for a routine check. ...
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=agN6FAH487Io Congressional Rebuff of Colombia Accord May Strengthen Chavez By Joshua Goodman and Mark Drajem April 11 (Bloomberg) -- Congress's decision to delay action on a free-trade agreement with Colombia may strengthen Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's campaign against U.S. influence in Latin America, analysts, lawmakers and business groups said. ``This is going to be too hot a potato for Chavez to leave alone,'' said Gianfr ...
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/09/colombia.hostage.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest Husband looks for hostage wife in Colombia Story Highlights Ingrid Betancourt kidnapped in 2002 while campaigning for Colombia's presidency She is a citizen of both France and Colombia Betancourt believed to be suffering from liver problems and depression French Foreign Minister: France will not abandon efforts to free Betancourt SAN JOSE DEL GUAVIARE, Colombia (AP) -- The husban ...
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/488848.html Posted on Wed, Apr. 09, 2008 Ecuador's defense minister resigns amid Colombia crisis Ecuador's defense minister has resigned unexpectedly in the midst of a crisis in relations with neighboring Colombia over its cross-border raid on a FARC rebel camp. Deputy Defense Minister Miguel Carvajal on Wednesday confirmed the resignation of Wellington Sandoval, a doctor by training. Officials gave no reason for the resignation. Carvaja ...
Sarkozy asks Argentina's Kirchner "to hold back" Chávez Fernández de Kirchner, Sarkozy met Monday in the Élysée Palace (Photo: Fernando Villalobos / Efe) http://english.eluniversal.com/2008/04/09/en_pol_art_sarkozy-asks-argenti_09A1504239.shtml Press reports claimed that the French ruler believes that Argentina, given its close ties with Caracas, may play a key role to contain President Hugo Chávez's "ill-timed reactions" EL UNIVERSAL (Caracas) French President Nicol ...
Colombia marks a deadly date By Henry Mance Bogota Just as many Americans recall the date of President John F Kennedy's assassination, 22 November 1963, older generations of Colombians regard 9 April 1948 as a momentous moment in their country's history. On that day, Jorge Eliecer Gaitan, the radical populist leader and Colombia's probable next president, was shot dead. Sixty years on, that assassination remains widely seen as a trigger of the country's violent history, in ...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20080407/bs_ibd_ibd/20080407general U.S.-Colombia Deal Faces Labor Deceit Monica Showalter Mon Apr 7, 6:42 PM ET Jairo Giraldo Rey's murder near Cali last November gave big labor a seemingly textbook case for why Congress should reject the Colombia free-trade pact, which President Bush sent to Congress Monday, forcing a vote on the contentious deal within 90 days. The 35-year-old union leader's death showed why "the AFL-CIO remains unalterably opposed to pas ...
The Point: Erosion of Colombia's glorified gang By Mark Bowden Inquirer Currents Columnist http://www.philly.com/philly/news/columnists/20080406_The_Point__Erosion_of_Colombia_s_glorified_gang.html The last time I was in Colombia, seven years ago, the guerrillas in the hills outside Bogotá were setting up roadblocks every night. They would stop motorists and brazenly run computer checks on their bank accounts. Those with enough money were held for ransom. Americans, presumed to be r ...
Middle-rung insurgent leader killed in Colombia http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=44892 Bogota, April 6: A middle-ranking leader of Left-wing insurgent group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has been killed in an operation by the security forces in central-western province of Caldas, Spain's EFE news agency reported. Edinson Aldemar Montoya Arenas, alias El Pollo, was killed Saturday during an army operation in El Vergel, some 200 km northwest of Bogota. ...
Chavez offers his help to French aid mission for Betancourt Posted : Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:56:00 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/196662,chavez-offers-his-help-to-french-aid-mission-for-betancourt.html Caracas - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has offered France his help in its humanitarian mission to aid former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, who is reportedly ailing after six years of jungle captivity at the hands of leftist rebels. Chavez said Thursday ni ...
Bogotá rules out Chávez's role in mission to help Betancourt http://english.eluniversal.com/2008/04/02/en_pol_art_bogota-rules-out-cha_02A1484959.shtml El Universal (Caracas) The Colombian government Wednesday said it was not considering the possibility that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez plays a major role in a humanitarian mission France is sending to the jungle in southeast Colombia to provide assistance to Ingrid Betancourt and other hostages held by the Colombian Revolutionary ...
FRENCH AID PLANE ARRIVES IN COLOMBIA TO HELP HOSTAGE: PRESIDENTIAL SOURCE http://www.ttc.org/200804031116.m33bgm828511.htm Received Thursday, 3 April 2008 11:16:00 GMT PARIS, April 3, 2008 (AFP) - A French aid mission to help a gravely ill French-Colombian hostage arrived Thursday in Colombia but still had no guarantee her rebel captors will grant access to her, a presidential source here said. "We have had no reply from the FARC," the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia who have ...
Colombia's president criticizes Obama Wed Apr 2, 8:43 PM ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080403/ap_on_el_pr/colombia_us_obama_1 BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombia's president sharply criticized U.S. presidential contender Barack Obama on Wednesday for opposing a trade deal with his country, calling the Democrat out of touch with the realities of the South American nation. The White House is urging Congress to approve the agreement, which would remove most tariffs on American exports and cement ...
People's Daily, China http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90852/6385449.html 13:31, April 02, 2008 Colombian president slams Ecuador for herbicide prosecution at Hague court Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Tuesday slammed the Ecuadorian government for suing his country in The Hague court over herbicide spraying on border areas. "I am surprised that there is so much belligerence by Ecuador against the Colombian state and so much silence on terrorism," Uribe told reporters in Co ...
Colombia sitting on big oil reserves By Ed Crooks in London http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e7ab6bcc-0014-11dd-825a-000077b07658.html Published: April 1 2008 22:04 | Last updated: April 1 2008 22:04 Colombia’s heavy oil area could hold 20bn barrels of recoverable resources, giving the country greater reserves than leading producers such as Mexico and Algeria, said its natural resources agency. Foreign investment in Colombia’s oil and gas industry is booming, and the country hopes to l ...
Colombia to halt military operations for hostage medical mission
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AFP/File Photo: A flower is placed
over a tee-shirt representing
French-Colombian hostage
Ingrid Betancourt held by FARC...
President Alvaro Uribe agreed Tuesday to suspend military operations in southeaster ...
Files from Raúl Reyes' computer delivered to Venezuela http://english.eluniversal.com/2008/03/31/en_pol_art_files-from-raul-reye_31A1475081.shtml El Universál (Caracas) The Colombian government last Saturday delivered to the Venezuelan government the documents found in the computers belonging to Raúl Reyes, the late number two man of the rebel Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC), disclosing alledged links between the rebels and Venezuela, Monday said Colombian Foreign Minis ...
Colombia intercepts Ecuadorean military helicopter http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080331/wl_nm/colombia_ecuador_helicopter_dc_1 1 hour, 34 minutes ago Colombia said on Monday authorities had intercepted an Ecuadorean military helicopter violating its airspace before it fled back over the frontier in the latest incident to test frayed ties between the neighbors. Relations between Bogota and Quito are tense after a Colombian military raid killed a FARC rebel commander inside Ecuadorean terri ...
France `could take Farc rebels` http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=606243 Bogota, 03/30 - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has said France would be willing to take Farc rebels as part of a deal to free hostages held by the guerrillas. The plan aims to secure the release of scores of hostages held in Farc jungle camps, including former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt. The offer comes amid reports that Ms Betancourt, a French-Colombian citizen, is gravely ill. ...
Interview with AnÃbal Romero, political scientist and university professor "The guerrilla cannot rely on Chávez as its salvation" http://english.eluniversal.com/2008/03/21/en_colcd_art_the-guerrilla-canno_21A1449519.shtml AnÃbal Romero, an expert in political sciences, believes that if Chávez does not change his stance, he may be tempted to further extend his term in office since his only other option would be imprisonment (File Photo) Related articles - Bush: FARC-Chávez li ...
FARC Desertions Hit Record High by Juan Forero National Public Radio Listen Now [5 min 11 sec] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89186915&ft=1&f=1001 Day to Day, March 28, 2008 · Colombia's Marxist FARC rebels have been engaged in a seemingly endless guerrilla insurgency for more than four decades. But within their ranks, there's a record number of desertions. ...
Venezuela bombs drug runways near Colombia border http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N28455996.htm 28 Mar 2008 22:44:09 GMT Source: Reuters By Luis Guevara ELORZA, March 28 (Reuters) - The Venezuelan air force bombed a landing strip used to bring cocaine across the border from Colombia on Friday, several weeks after the United States criticized President Hugo Chavez's drug-fighting record. A Reuters witness watched two fighter jets and a helicopter fire rockets and strafe the ...
Colombia reaches out to FARC rebels in bid to free hostage Fri Mar 28, 88:218:20AM ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080328/wl_afp/colombiafrancerebelshostages_080328122025 BOGOTA (AFP) - Colombia's government has offered to expedite the release of leftist rebels from its prisons if the guerrilla group immediately frees ailing French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt. Bogota is prepared to drop several of the conditions it had placed on a long-sought prisoner swap, in a bid to jump-s ...
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-dirtybomb27mar27,1,5981373.story?track=rss The material could be used for a 'dirty bomb,' officials say. By Chris Kraul, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer March 27, 2008 BOGOTA, COLOMBIA -- Colombia's Defense Ministry said Wednesday night that it had recovered uranium that officials have alleged leftist rebels might have acquired to make a "dirty bomb." In a statement, the ministry said informants last week brought military intelligence ...
Michael Rowan / The aggressor Michael Rowan Special for El Universal (Caracas) http://english.eluniversal.com/2008/03/26/en_opi_art_michael-rowan--the_26A1462001.shtml When the conflict between Venezuela and the US calms down, history will judge that it was Hugo Chavez and not the US who was the aggressor. While the US is guilty of ignorance, arrogance, and apathy about Chavez, it is not guilty of waging a war against him. In fact, for a decade now Chavez has been an enigma to the US. ...
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/471454.html Posted on Wed, Mar. 26, 2008 Venezuelan lawmakers investigate Chavez brothers for alleged corruption By FABIOLA SANCHEZ Venezuela's National Assembly opened an investigation Wednesday into accusations that two of President Hugo Chavez's brothers acquired 17 ranches in recent years -- if true a potential stain on the image of Chavez's socialist movement. Lawmaker Wilmer Azuaje arrived at the assembly to present documents conta ...
The hateful threats and back-biting went to off topic, but: Butterflies and Hummingbirds! (Poorbuthappy in Colombia!)Butterflies and Hummingbirds! Enough of all this mud slinging. Life is about more! Sloop?...have you taken any more hummingbird pictures in your back yard? ... poorbuthappy.com/colombia/post/butterflies-and-hummingbirds/ Seems to have been deleted, WTF? ...
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