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CSN NEWSLETTER – Fall 2022
This Fall 2022 edition of Action in Colombia features the following articles:
• Petro Puts his Trust in Life by Father Alejandro Angulo S. J., of CINEP in Bogota (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator);
• All-In on Petro by Jack Norman, retired journalist and NGO analyst, Milwaukee and Medellin;
• Petro: Drug Trafficking and Global Warming, by Francisco Ramirez Cuellar, CSN Board of Directors and Colombian attorney, Boston and Bogota (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator);
• Illicit Crop Substitution, Agroecology, and Gustavo’s Path Forward in Colombia, by Veronica Limeberry, Doctoral Candidate, American University, Washington, D.C.
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THE DRAFT OF AN “UNPRECEDENTED” DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO “REDISTRIBUTE RESOURCES” HAS BEEN FILED
EL ESPECTADOR, November 15, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/politica/gobierno-radico-borrador-de-un-plan-de-desarrollo-inedito-para-redistribuir-recursos/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) As President Gustavo completed the first 100 … Read More »
THE PEACE COMMUNITY OF SAN JOSÉ DE APARTADÓ WINS THE 2022 PEACE PRIZE
EL ESPECTADOR, October 24, 2022 https://cambiocolombia.com/articulo/poder/general-rodolfo-palomino-finquero-por-arte-de-mafia (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The campesino community, a fortress of peace … Read More »
MULTINATIONAL ANGLO GOLD ASHANTI INTERVENED IN THE CONFLICT: TRUTH COMMISSION
By Camilo Alzate González, Colombia+20, EL ESPECTADOR, October 20, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia-20/informe-final-comision-de-la-verdad/anglo-gold-ashanti-y-su-relacion-con-el-conflicto-armado-y-la-mineria-en-colombia-informe-final/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) An annex … Read More »
GENERAL RODOLFO PALOMINO: A FARMER BY THE MAGIC OF THE MAFIA
CAMBIOColombia, October 22, 2022 https://cambiocolombia.com/articulo/poder/general-rodolfo-palomino-finquero-por-arte-de-mafia (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Retired General Rodolfo Palomino is enjoying the farm … Read More »
THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT HAVE THE MOST COCA PLANTINGS IN COLOMBIA
CAMBIOColombia, October 20, 2022 https://cambiocolombia.com/articulo/pais/estas-son-las-zonas-que-tienen-mas-cultivos-de-coca-en-colombia (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Among the reasons for the increase in coca … Read More »
FEDEGÁN’S LAND
By César Jerez, REVISTA RAYA, October 12, 2022 https://revistaraya.com/cesar-jerez/117-las-tierras-de-fedegan.html (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Two opposite poles ended … Read More »
WITH TOTAL PEACE, YOU MAKE YOUR PATH BY WALKING
By Clara López Obregón, RevistaRAYAS, October 5, 2022 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Five years ago, we were … Read More »
JUAN MANUEL SANTOS: “PETRO’S ADMINISTRATION IS WELL ORIENTED, BUT IT LACKS RIGOR AND METHOD, AND ALSO SHOULD SHARPEN ITS NARRATIVES”
By Jan Martínez Ahrens and Juan Esteban Lewin, EL PAÍSColombia, September 17, 2022 https://elpais.com/america-colombia/2022-09-18/juan-manuel-santos-el-gobierno-de-petro-esta-bien-orientado-pero-le-falta-rigor-y-metodo-y-tambien-afinar-las-narrativas.html?ssm=TW_CO_CM (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer … Read More »
THE TRIBULATIONS OF THE TAX REFORM BILL
By Salomón Kalmanovitz, EL ESPECTADOR, September 5, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/opinion/columnistas/salomon-kalmanovitz/las-tribulaciones-de-la-reforma/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Tribulation means “anguish, sorrow, … Read More »