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Colombia: Cyber-Politics for the 2010 Elections
Region: ColombiaTwo months ago, we at GVO reported how two pre-candidates for the 2010 presidential election had opened their Twitter accounts, as part of their campaign strategy. As President Álvaro Uribe, in office since August 7, 2002, keeps the country waiting with his decision whether or not to run for a third term that would last until 2014, despite Congress' rush to pass a referendum for a Constitutional reform needed fo... more
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Bill Clinton and Carlos Slim Launch $20 Million Investment Firm for Small Business in Colombia
Region: Colombia
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA -- Today, the Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative (CGSGI), a project of the William J. Clinton Foundation, and the Carlos Slim Foundation announced the creation of an innovative $20 million investment fund in Colombia that creates a new source of financing for qualified micro and small businesses that are underserved by existing markets for financing. In August 2008, CGSGI and the Slim Fou... more
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Illegal Wiretapping Scandal Rocks Colombia
Region: Colombia
Last week, the illegal wire tapping scandal uncovered by Semana news magazine was the main headline in most news outlets and the talk of the day on some blogs in Colombia. On Tuesday, February 26, President Álvaro Uribe announced that the Administrative Security Department (DAS, for its initials in Spanish) was no longer allowed to wire tap any suspect, and that “in addition to a court order, it must be do... more
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Pinto Gets Sacked
Region: ColombiaBy unanimous vote, Colombian national team coach Jorge Luis Pinto was given his walking papers. The former Cúcuta coach who took over the national team last year had a decent start in friendlies, but saw his national team crash out the Copa América with 5-0 and 4-2 defeats to Paraguay and Argentina respectively. His team started out rather well in the South American World Cup qualifier... more
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Colombians Celebrate Hostage Release, Colombian Independence
Region: Colombia
Posted by Juliana Rincón Parra After the rescue of 15 high profile hostages held in the FARC's power on July 2nd 2008, the same group that organized the last global march on February 4th against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) decided that there should be a another one on July 20th, the day when Colombia's Independence from Spain is celebrated. The following videos and photographs show the... more
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Drug Smugglers Go Underwater
Region: Colombia
As drug smuggling becomes more and more dicey, smugglers are becoming more and more resourceful. Smugglers for years have used fast boats on the water to get their illegal wares to customers. But now they've taken to traveling under the water in homemade submarines that are very difficult to detect. The Mexican navy seized one of them just this week in the Pacific, about 125 miles off the southern state of Oaxaca. T... more
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Future Wide Open to Ingrid Betancourt Following Rescue
Region: Colombia
Posted by Josh Katz to FindingDulcinea Not a week has past since Ingrid Betancourt was rescued from the jungles of Colombia, and she is already fighting for the causes she believes in. During her six years as a captive, Betancourt spent time chained to a tree and withstood stints of serious illness. She told France 24 television that there were times when she was forced to plod 15 miles a day through the jungle. ... more
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Colombia Hostage Rescue Raises Concerns
Region: Colombia
Posted by Juliana Rincón Parra to Global Voices Online The rescue was dubbed as “perfect” by liberated former Presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, who was rescued by the Colombian army on Wednesday July 2nd along with 14 other hostages being held captive by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for up to 10 years in some cases. However, the Colombian community has been voicing conce... more
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Flower Worker Mother’s Day Card Shows You Care About Rights of All Mothers
Region: Colombia
- by James Parks Mother’s Day is one of the biggest days in the year for flower sales. But the thousands of women who pick most of the flowers we give proudly to our mothers will not enjoy that day. More than 60 percent of the flowers sold in the United States come from Colombia. Two-thirds of the nearly 100,000 flower workers in Colombia are women, many of them working mothers. They often are re... more
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Bush Plan to Push Colombia Deal: ‘Outrageous Disregard for Human Rights’
Region: Colombia
- by James Parks President Bush’s decision to send the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to Congress over the strong objections of the leadership of both the House and the Senate “shows an outrageous disregard for basic human and workers’ rights,” AFL-CIO President John Sweeney says. In a statement, Sweeney says: Workers in Colombia are terrorized every day f... more
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