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Urgent Action!
Protest Massive Aid/Intervention in Colombia
Other Urgent Actions
January 20:
Urgent Action: Protest Attack on Peasants by Colombian Military
Coverage of Proposed Aid Package Announcement
January 26:
Pastrana Asks Congress for Aid Not Tied to Human Rights
,
New York Times
January 25:
Paramilitaries terrorize labor leaders
,
NIZKOR
January 21:
Peru orders protection for threatened Colombian journalist
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AP
January 21:
Coca fields growing, CIA says
,
Miami Herald
January 21:
Colombian paramilitaries threaten retaliation
,
BBC
January 21:
Aid plan set to embroil US in Colombia conflict
,
Irish Times
January 20:
U.S. Bullies Governments for Firms
,
AP
January 20:
More Money for Colombian Thugs
,
Mother Jones
January 12:
Bryant Gumbel interviews Barry McCaffrey
,
The Early Show
January 12:
US seeks $1.6b for Colombia drug war
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Boston Globe
January 11:
U.S. State Department Press Conference on Proposed Aid
January 11:
White House "Fact Sheet" on proposal
January 11:
$1.6B Colombia Aid Package Proposed
,
AP
January 11:
New assault announced in drug war (sic)
,
Miami Herald
January 11:
United States proposes $1.6 billion in anti-drug (sic) aid to Colombia, Peru and Bolivia
,
CNN
Subsequent Reaction to Aid Package Proposal
January 16:
US aid recipe for "destruction, indefinite war, indebtedness"
,
Semana
January 14:
U.S. fuels civil war in Colombia
, Commentary from the
San Jose Mercury-News
January 14:
U.S. Aid Could Kill Colombian Peace Plan
,
stratfor.com
January 13:
Some say "drug war" being lost
,
AP
January 12:
Clinton's Colombian Escalation
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The Progressive
January 12:
Colombia Aid Package Scrutinized
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AP
January 12:
Clinton aid package will fuel war, Colombian rebels warn
,
AP
Other News from and About Colombia
January 20:
Wife of anti-drug colonel to plead guilty to heroin charge
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AP
January 20:
Gore attacked over Colombia oil project
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Financial Times
January 19:
Prospect of US cash encourages Colombian military to polish image
,
Financial Times
Covert Action Quarterly:
Colombia: The Politics of Escalation
January 11:
Leahy-Kennedy letter to Madeleine Albright
January 4:
Training in History
,
Semana
Some selections delivered by
CLM-News
, from the Colombian Labor Monitor.