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News from and about Colombia

• July 23: Urgent: Faxes needed for Jose Antonio Lopez and Nelson Campo--Case to be decided any day!
• En espanol: carta de Padre Javier Giraldo al gobierno de Colombia
• Call from the people of Arauca
• Urgent Action: Protect Leahy Amendment from attack by Friends of Colombian Military in U.S. Congress; Vote will be as early as July 22
• BP in Colombia: Oil and Terror
• UNESCO statement on Apartadó
• The U.S. Mass Media's treatment of Colombia by Norm Solomon. "Media Beat" column of 7/8/97
• En Español: Comentario: la prensa de los EE.UU sobre DD.HH: el caso de Colombia
• Historical background to situation in Chocó, excerpt from Spanish book
• Activists murdered in Cali
• Brig. Gen. Rito Alejo del Rio responds (July 97) to Fr. Javier Giraldo's plea of May 29 to stop the murder of civilians in Chocó and Urabá