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It’s "…an older, festering crime As the government negotiates demobilization with the 15,000-member from the New It’s hard to even imagine a solution to the Latin tradegy that is Colombia. An article in tomorrow’s New York Times captures the difficulty and dangers inherent in retuning that beautiful county to its rightful owners. "…an older, festering crime … Continue reading
\n hard to even imagine a solution to the Latin tradegy that is Colombia.
\n An
\n article in tomorrow’s New York Times<\/a> captures the difficulty and dangers
\n inherent
\n in retuning that beautiful county to its rightful owners.<\/p>\n\n
\n that lies at the root of Colombia’s 40-year conflict
\n is
\n stepping
\n up -the
\n illegal
\n seizure
\n of
\n Colombia’s
\n most
\n fertile
\n land, according
\n to United Nations officials, land experts in the government and human
\n rights groups.<\/p>\n
\n paramilitary force, its leaders are quietly laundering accumulated
\n drug money by taking control of huge tracts, often at the point of a
\n gun.
\n Most
\n of the victims are poor, voiceless farmers, but the officials say even
\n some big landowners have lost their prized farms."<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\n York Times<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"