RSSPublished by the Latin American Herald Tribune October 16, 2009 WASHINGTON – The Council on Hemispheric Affairs, or COHA, and the Newspaper Guild-CWA union have awarded the Colombian magazine Semana the Charles A. Perlik prize for its commitment to promoting justice and democracy in Colombia. The [...]
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October 27th, 2009 - 8:06 am § in Colombia, In the News
COHA In The News: Colombian Magazine Semana Honored by U.S. Journalists Union
October 20th, 2009 - 9:46 am § in Colombia, Front Page
Santos of Semana Magazine Offers Words of Wisdom Coming from Colombia
COHA and the 34,000-member Newspaper Guild-CWA are proud to announce that Alejandro Santos Rubino has been awarded the inaugural Charles A. Perlik Jr. Award for Excellence in the Field of Print Journalism Throughout Latin America, for his groundbreaking work with Colombia’s weekly Semana Magazine.[...]
October 15th, 2009 - 3:42 pm § in Colombia, Press Releases
Colombia’s Semana’s Santos Comes to Washington
Last reminder: On Friday, October 16 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., the Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) and The Newspaper Guild-CWA will present the inaugural bestowal of the Charles A. Perlik Jr. Award for Excellence in the Field of Print Journalism Throughout Latin America, to Mr. Alejandro Santos[...]
October 1st, 2009 - 12:28 pm § in Colombia, Press Releases
Paramilitary link could sink Colombia’s Uribe
The Wilmington News Journal Published on October 1, 2009 During the last decade, the U.S. has spent or handed out more than $10 billion in social, defense and security assistance to the South American republic of Colombia, according to tabulations by the Washington Office on Latin America. Much of[...]
The Consolidation of U.S. Military Presence in Colombia and Those Who Are Apprehensive Over it
The ongoing negotiation between the United States and Colombia, which strengthened military cooperation by granting U.S. military personnel and civil contractors access to seven Colombian military bases, has generated contentious internal and regional debates. Throughout the hemisphere, many questi[...]
September 17th, 2009 - 8:28 am § in Colombia, In the News
Between the Lines: Q&A with Larry Birns
New U.S. Military Bases in Colombia Will Increase Regional Tensions Melinda Tuhus September 16, 2009 For more than 40 years, political violence has been a fact of life in Colombia, as left-wing and right-wing guerrilla groups have fought the government and each other. The U.S. government, under Pre[...]
Letter to the President: US-Colombia Military Bases
Dear Colleague: In accordance with our organization’s underlying mission to promote rational and constructive U.S. policies towards Latin America, the Council on Hemispheric Affairs has been asked by the esteemed Colombian Support Network (CSN), as well as by the offices of several members of Cong[...]
Amid UNASUR Summit, Brazil Likely to Emerge a Winner, With Colombia a Questionable Beneficiary
On August 28, the presidents of the members of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) – a supranational entity modeled after the European Union encompassing all of South America – convened in the Argentine resort city of Bariloche to discuss a range of regional security issues, though the [...]
Colombian Refugees in Ecuador: The collateral damage of a drug war and an insurgency
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe’s summer visit to Washington reignited the still sputtering debate over U.S. military aid to Colombia and the country’s contentious human rights delinquency. These issues were then joined by the brand new firestorm brought on by the pending military pact [...]