Colombia

Articles

Blood on Britain’s hands by Jeremy Dear (June 2008)

NUJ general secretary Jeremy Dear says the British government must reverse its support for the Uribe government and work with other European powers to help find a peaceful and just solution to Colombia’s civil war

Colombia’s war in the Andes by Gerard Coffey (April 2008)

Colombia’s long-running civil war spilled over the border to Ecuador in a raid against FARC guerrillas in March. Gerard Coffey reports on the aftermath

Fizzy pop and music by Gruff Rhys (July 2006)

Gruff Rhys, lead singer and guitarist for the Super Furry Animals, writes a diary from Colombia

Interview: Grace Livingstone on Colombia by Mariela Kohon (December 2003)

The war on terror is a recent global phenomenon, yet in Colombia the idea is at least 40 years old. Colombia’s internal conflict has attracted US interest since the early 1960s and, now, Colombia is the third largest recipient of military aid after Israel and Egypt. Mariela Kohon interviews Grace Livingstone, author of Inside Colombia: Drugs, Democracy and War on Colombia’s version of state terrorism