Colombia Solidarity Campaign

CAMPAÑA NACIONAL E INTERNACIONAL CONTRA LA PRIVATIZACIÓN, LA CORRUPCIÓN, LA PENALIZACIÓN DE LA PROTESTA SOCIAL Y LA IMPUNIDAD

PROHIBIDO OLVIDAR

Saravena, 12 August 2008.

CONSEJO REGIONAL INDÍGENA DEL CAUCA - CRIC

Autoridad Tradicional

Resolución No. 025 del 8 de Julio de 1999 Dirección de Asuntos Indígenas Ministerio del Interior

Calle 1 No. 4-50 Tel. 8242594 – 8242153 – 8240343  E mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   Pagina Web: www.cric-colombia.org

NIT. 817.002.466

Thu 10th July, 7.30pm

Malcolm Deas (Oxford University)
Andy Higginbottom (Colombia Solidarity Campaign)
Hernando Alvarez (Colombian journalist and BBC Latin American Service)
Alice O'Keefe (New Statesman)
Isabel Hilton (journalist)

  Click the image below to watch the Frontline Club talk online (opens in new window):

Will the release of Ingrid Bettancourt - arguably the world's most famous hostage, and FARC's main bargaining chip - along with 14 other hostages - mean the end of FARC and the beginning of serious peace negotiations with the Colombian government? For further details about the event click here

The helicopter swooped by a couple hundred yards away, just above the trees, as we were traveling to the community of Malvinas on June 12.  We stopped at a house alongside the road and heard more helicopters.  We then saw the two planes that were spraying herbicide in the U.S.-financed “war on drugs.”

Please respond to these two Urgent Actions concerning paramilitary death threats against trade unionists and social activists in Bucaramanga and Barrancabermeja – two cities in Santander.