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News from and About Colombia

• August 29: Paramilitary leader to intensify efforts
• August 27: Miami Herald Commentary: "U.S. could go to war on the wrong side"
• August 23: Letter from Justicia y Paz protesting attacks on San José de Apartadó
• August 22: Observer (London): "U.S. Hawks Push for War"
• August 20: Wall Street Journal (Commentary): Demand from U.S. is the Problem
• August 19: The Nation: "Colombia's Best Hope" by Ana Carrigan
• August 19: Independent (London): A Different, railroad-oriented perspective (!)
• August 19: San Francisco Chronicle Commentary: Aid will not curb drugs
• August 10: Washington Times Commentary: Sanctioning Brutality in Colombia
• Una carta a Pastrana (en español)
• Correspondence highlighting dangers of human rights work in Colombia
• The Progressive: Stop the War in Colombia
• Council on Hemispheric Affairs: U.S. Policy Towards Colombia About To Massively Veer Off-Track
• Report on first-half 1999 massacres in Colombia
  
• August 10: Wife of the U.S. Commander in Colombia, J.C. Hiett, arrested on cocaine trafficking charges
  Coverage by Agence France-Presse, the New York Times, the Washington Post.
  Read a nasty email sent by Mr. Hiett to Colombian Labor Monitor
• August 1: El Proceso (Mexico): Threat to Regional Security
• July 29: Houston Chronicle: Commentary against intervention
• July 18: Zorando indigenous community will not acquiesce to "self-defense" group
• July 17: McCaffrey requests $1 billion in aid for Colombia