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- -Editorial: Clintons Have History of Ties to Colombians (Huffington Post)
"The story of how [Bill] Clinton helped funnel all that money to Colombia is a textbook case of much that is wrong with the way our political system operates."
"For instance, to avoid resistance from those who did not believe this was the best way to spend over a billion in taxpayer dollars, the Clinton administration decided to introduce the Colombian aid as part of a larger emergency-spending package -- bundling the potentially controversial measure with proposals to provide $2.2 billion for relief from natural disasters, and $854 million for military health care. It's an old legislative ploy designed to squelch debate and force politicians to vote for wasteful -- or even terrible -- measures just because they don't want to be painted as being against God, country, and disaster relief." 04-08
- Colombia
Provides news in Spanish about Colombia. 10-09
- Colombia (CountryReports.org)
Provides a profile by topic, including Economy, Defense, Geography, Government, People, National Anthem, Lyrics and Related Links. Provides a map and a flag. 6-02
- Colombia
- Rulers by Country - A-C (Schulz)
Provides a list of leaders by country and date. Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrein, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin (Dahomey), Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso (Upper Volta), Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cap Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa, former Zaire), Costa Rica, Cote Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, and the Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia). leaders, rulers, Presidents, and Prime Ministers 9-00
- Gerson, Perez - Peace Hero (MyHero.com)
"Pérez and I met at the Hague Appeal Conference for Peace. He sold buttons for six weeks to raise the money needed for him and his father to attend. Since then, Pérez has been very successful in his outstanding and humble efforts in fighting against antipersonal landmines, which are a continuing threat to the residents of Colombia (see communiqué below)."
"Pérez and the Children's Movement for Peace were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999, a few years after being awarded the National Peace Award from a pool of nominees that included bishops, NGOs and community leaders. Over the years, Pérez has met with three Latin American presidents, various ministers and ambassadors, Queen Noor of Jordan, Netherland´s Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize laureates Rigoberta Menchú and Jody Williams. Pérez was the first child to speak before the Colombian Congress." 7-05
- -05-06-06 Kidnapping a Big Problem in Iraq (New York Times)
"Kidnapping has flourished here [in Iraq] since the fall of Saddam Hussein, as insurgents, militias and criminal gangs have taken advantage of the breakdown in social order. Iraq has caught up with the traditional world leaders in kidnapping — like Colombia, Mexico and Brazil — and may have surpassed them. The vast majority of victims are Iraqis. Between 5 and 30 are abducted every day according to figures maintained by the American Embassy in Baghdad, though Iraqi and American officials acknowledge that any estimate is merely guesswork since most kidnappings go unreported." 05-06
- 06-03-11 Study: War on Drugs a Disaster (Time.com)
"The Global Commission on Drug Policy, an organization launched by former Presidents of Brazil, Colombia and Mexico (and whose accomplished 19-member board includes former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, Pakistani feminist activist Asma Jehangir, and, yes, Sir Richard Branson), declared today that the "global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world." Four decades ago, policy makers imagined creating a drug free world through "harsh law enforcement action" that cracked down on drug production and distribution. But the resulting "vast expenditures on criminalization and repressive measures directed at producers, traffickers and consumers" have only led to an expansion of the trade, higher rates of drug consumption, and has created — as seen in places like Mexico or Afghanistan — deadly, volatile new arenas for an illicit industry to sow mayhem."
"The commission advocates decriminalizing drug use by those who do no harm to others. Countries that have adopted measures that treat drug users as patients — and not criminals — have, for example, drastically lower rates of HIV-positive needle-users. The public health consequences for decades of ineffective policies are stark and can't be ignored. Governments, the report says, need to stop fretting over false dichotomies of "tough or soft, repressive or liberal" policies and think up a flexible approach that both minimizes "health and social harms" and maximizes "individual and national security." A vital cog of this is decriminalizing and perhaps even legalizing certain drugs, particularly cannabis, and taxing their production and sale." 06-11
- -04-24-12 Meet the Woman Who Handled the Secret Service Scandal (Time.com)
"Leave it to a woman to keep the boys in line. According to the Washington Post, a top female member of the Secret Service was responsible for booting 11 agents out of Colombia after they allegedly solicited prostitutes while preparing for the President’s arrival in Cartagena."
"Despite supervisor Paula Reid’s best efforts to contain the situation, the sex scandal that splashed across front pages back in the U.S. completely overshadowed the agents’ mission at the Summit of the Americas. But while details of the scandal from bar to brothel to bedroom have been widely reported, Reid’s actions to stop the agents’ misdeeds has flown largely under the radar." 04-12
- -11-29 Extended Family with Alzheimer's Gene May Have Key to Prevention (CBS News)
"An extended family in Colombia with a genetic mutation causing Alzheimer’s may help scientists prevent the disease someday."
- Stability of Biochar (UCSUSA.org)
"Major et al (2010) produced biochar and applied it to soils in a Colombian savanna, then measured the amount of the biochar carbon respired as CO2 from the soil and the amount percolating through the soil. Two years after the biochar addition, their measurements indicated that up to 3% of the biochar had been respired as CO2, but they could not account for 20-50% of the biochar. Presumably it washed off the fields during intense rainfall, but Major et al. had no direct measurements of biochar in runoff. Assuming that none of the “missing” biochar carbon was respired and converted to CO2 after leaving the site where the investigators were measuring soil CO2 emissions, the authors calculated a mean residence time for the biochar of approximately 600 years."
"Haefele et al. (2011) produced biochar from rice husks and applied it to rice cropping systems in the Philippines and Thailand. At one site they measured CO2 emissions from the soil immediately after application and again two years later. At all sites they measured biochar carbon in the soil after application and two years later. Where Haefele et al. measured soil respiration they found no change between the two time points, and, more significantly given the limited sampling of CO2 emissions, found no change in the amount of biochar in the soil. The authors conclude that 'realistic residence times might be in the range of thousands of years….' ” 01-17
- South America - Travel Information by Location (Excite.Travel.com)
Provides information on dining, where to stay, and interesting things to see. Search by city, state, or country. Includes Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile and Easter Island, Colombia, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela. 3-02
- Panama (Excite Travel)
"The area of Darien Province between Yaviza and the Colombian border along the upper Tuira River is extremely unsafe due to the presence of smugglers, bandits and Colombian guerrillas and paramilitary forces." 10-05
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