News Links tagged {Colombia} "Uribe Government Security Policies"
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Justice and Peace Process, Uribe Government Security Policies |
| Title: | Me meti a la guerrilla por las armas: Karina |
| Author/Source: | El Colombiano (Medellin Colombia) |
| Brief: | En dialogo con medios de comunicacion, "Karina" aclaro que su familia fue victima de la violencia en Colombia, que ingreso a la guerrilla por su gusto a las armas y que esta dispuesta a colaborar con la justicia. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Justice and Peace Process, Uribe Government Security Policies |
| Title: | Me meti a la guerrilla por las armas: Karina |
| Author/Source: | Colprensa El Colombiano (Medellin Colombia) |
| Brief: | Interesada en obtener los beneficios de la ley de Justicia y Paz se mostro ayer la desmovilizada guerrillera de las Farc Nelly Ávila Moreno |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Uribe Government Security Policies |
| Title: | Editorial: Getting the FARC Out of Colombia |
| Author/Source: | National Review |
| Brief: | Uribe is succeeding in his efforts to stabilize Colombia even as documents found on captured FARC computers show that Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez has been supporting the FARC’s narco-terrorist activities |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Uribe Government Security Policies |
| Title: | Is Colombia's FARC on the ropes? |
| Author/Source: | Sibylla Brodzinsky The Christian Science Monitor |
| Brief: | A top leftist rebel commander turned herself in Sunday. Colombia's government is touting the move as the latest in a series of devastating blows to the leftist rebels |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Uribe Government Security Policies |
| Title: | Colombian rebel's surrender weakens FARC amid standoff with Venezuela |
| Author/Source: | Simon Montlake The Christian Science Monitor |
| Brief: | Nelly Avila Moreno's call for dialogue comes as the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez accuses the US of stirring tension |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Uribe Government Security Policies |
| Title: | La hora de Juan Manuel |
| Author/Source: | Cambio (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Santos lleva menos de dos anos en el cargo, pero puede mostrar mas resultados que sus antecesores |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy, Uribe Government Security Policies |
| Title: | Uribe reitera cooperacion con EEUU para derrotar a narcotrafico |
| Author/Source: | Associated Press El Nuevo Herald |
| Brief: | El presidente Alvaro Uribe afirmo el miercoles que continuara su politica de cooperacion con Estados Unidos para derrotar al "terrorismo" |
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Justice and Peace Process, Para-Politics, Uribe Government Security Policies |
| Title: | ¿Caras de una misma moneda? |
| Author/Source: | Claudia Lopez El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Curiosamente, la guerrillera tiene mayores posibilidades de que le cumplan con las garantias ofrecidas para su sometimiento, porque no tiene informacion ni historia con la que pueda chantajear a quienes se las ofrecieron |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Recent Violence, Uribe Government Security Policies |
| Colombia Region: | Antioquia |
| Title: | Farc captive calls for surrender |
| Author/Source: | BBC (UK) |
| Brief: | A top commander of the Farc rebels in Colombia has urged other rebels to follow her example and surrender |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Recent Violence, Uribe Government Security Policies |
| Colombia Region: | Antioquia |
| Title: | FARC commander gives up, calls for dialogue |
| Author/Source: | CNN |
| Brief: | The commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia's Force 47 told reporters in Bogota Monday -- a day after surrendering -- that "the solution is not through war. There must be dialogue." |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Recent Violence, Uribe Government Security Policies |
| Colombia Region: | Antioquia |
| Title: | Colombia rebel urges others to surrender |
| Author/Source: | Toby Muse Associated Press |
| Brief: | Her surrender Sunday was a major propaganda victory for President Alvaro Uribe, who has made defeating the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, the cornerstone of his administration |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Recent Violence, Uribe Government Security Policies |
| Colombia Region: | Antioquia |
| Title: | Top woman rebel surrenders in Colombia |
| Author/Source: | Agence France Presse |
| Brief: | Authorities say Nelly Avila Moreno, alias Karina, was one of the most violent female leaders of Latin America's longest-running insurrection |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Recent Violence, Uribe Government Security Policies |
| Colombia Region: | Antioquia |
| Title: | Blow to Farc as top female commander surrenders |
| Author/Source: | Rory Carroll The Guardian (UK) |
| Brief: | The guerrilla, 45, was under pressure from Colombia's US-backed security forces as well as her own family, who reportedly pleaded with her to quit before she was killed |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Recent Violence, Uribe Government Security Policies |
| Colombia Region: | Antioquia |
| Title: | Top female rebel leader surrenders in Colombia |
| Author/Source: | John Otis The Houston Chronicle |
| Brief: | Nelly Avila, the highest-ranking female rebel, told a news conference that she had lost hope and decided to cut a deal |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Recent Violence, Uribe Government Security Policies |
| Colombia Region: | Antioquia |
| Title: | FARC commander surrenders in Colombia |
| Author/Source: | Chris Kraul The Los Angeles Times |
| Brief: | Nelly Avila Moreno, a notoriously brutal commander, said she turned herself in because of army pressure and a $900,000 price on her head that made her fear her own troops |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Recent Violence, Uribe Government Security Policies |
| Colombia Region: | Antioquia |
| Title: | Farc's female Rambo surrenders to resurgent Colombian police |
| Author/Source: | Jeremy McDermott The Scotsman (UK) |
| Brief: | By negotiating her surrender under the government amnesty legislation known as the Peace and Justice Law, she can be sentenced only to a maximum of eight years in prison |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Recent Violence, Uribe Government Security Policies |
| Colombia Region: | Antioquia |
| Title: | Karina cansada de guerra |
| Author/Source: | Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | La legendaria comandante Karina se entrego a los hombres de la cuarta brigada, luego de intensos operativos en la zona. Con su desmovilizacion el frente 47 queda practicamente derrotado |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Recent Violence, Uribe Government Security Policies |
| Colombia Region: | Antioquia |
| Title: | Karina: su historia dentro de la guerrilla |
| Author/Source: | Fundacion Nuevo Arco Iris Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Nelly Ávila Moreno conocida como la negra Karina, fue la unica mujer que llego a comandar un frente guerrillero de las Farc |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Uribe Government Security Policies |
| Title: | Se pierde computador de Mancuso |
| Author/Source: | Associated Press El Nuevo Herald |
| Brief: | El director de prisiones de Colombia fue responsabilizado por las autoridades colombianas por la desaparicion del computador perteneciente a Salvatore Mancuso, uno de los 14 jefes paramilitares que fueron extraditados el martes pasado a EEUU. |
Monday, May 19, 2008
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Justice and Peace Process, Uribe Government Security Policies |
| Title: | Presion de las tropas propicio entrega de 'Karina', cabecilla del frente 47 de las Farc |
| Author/Source: | Colombia Ejercito Nacional |
| Brief: | “La presion de las tropas, cansada de la guerra y el hambre” fueron las razones que a Elda Neyis Mosquera la motivaron a entregarse voluntariamente. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Recent Violence, Uribe Government Security Policies |
| Colombia Region: | Antioquia |
| Title: | Farc estan regionalizadas, no desintegradas |
| Author/Source: | Jorge Restrepo El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Lo que sucede en el Cauca y Narino es muy diferente de lo que sucede en Antioquia y el Eje Cafetero |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Recent Violence, Uribe Government Security Policies |
| Colombia Region: | Antioquia |
| Title: | Es vieja la rivalidad ente el presidente Uribe y alias 'Karina' |
| Author/Source: | El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Cuando Uribe fue gobernador de Antioquia ella fue uno de sus principales dolores de cabeza, pues estuvo al frente de decenas de secuestros y de las masacres de las Farc en la zona de Uraba |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Recent Violence, Uribe Government Security Policies |
| Colombia Region: | Antioquia |
| Title: | Asi fue la entrega de 'Karina', una de las guerrilleras de las Farc mas buscadas |
| Author/Source: | El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | La suerte de 'Karina' o 'Nelly Avila Moreno' quedo sellada el 14 de noviembre del 2007 en un bombardeo de la Fuerza Aere |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Relations with Venezuela, Uribe Government Security Policies |
| Title: | El efecto 'Reyes' |
| Author/Source: | Maria Jimena Duzan El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Por lo que se ha visto, es claro que la estrategia del Gobierno esta dirigida a hacer del computador de 'Reyes' un alboroto politico-mediatico -no judicial-, disenado para que el pais y los medios olviden los escandalos de la 'parapolitica' |