Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with colombia www.salem-news.com 2010 In honor of Colombia’s Independence Day yesterday, the hacker group Anonymous hacked the Twitter account of former Colombian president-cum-Georgetown University “scholar” Alvaro Uribe as well as the Facebook page of current President Juan Manuel Santos and the website of the Ministry of Defense. The hackings involved links to a video casting the day’s celebration as one of “false independence”. http://salem-news.com/articles/july212011/colombia-terrorists-bf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july212011/colombia-terrorists-bf.php Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:09:00 PDT Last month, the Obama administration announced that it would not seek Congressional approval of the FTA with Colombia until Republicans agree to expand assistance to American workers who might lose jobs as a result. The U.S.-Colombia FTA was negotiated under U.S. Trade Promotion Authority, which means that it can be approved or disapproved by Congress, but Congress cannot amend it. FTAs are nothing more than dollar imperialism. http://salem-news.com/articles/june152011/us-colombia-trade-rsc_.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june152011/us-colombia-trade-rsc_.php Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:02:00 PDT Gracing the pages of various Spanish-language newspapers yesterday and today is an article entitled “Bin Laden in Latin America”. Written by exiled Cuban columnist and author Carlos Alberto Montaner, whose claims to fame include referring to Eduardo Galeano’s acclaimed Open Veins of Latin America as “the idiot’s bible”, it might be more appropriately titled “The idiot’s attempt to turn Hugo Chávez into bin Laden by way of an irrelevant Ethiopian”. http://salem-news.com/articles/may092011/chavez-montaner-bf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may092011/chavez-montaner-bf.php Mon, 09 May 2011 16:15:00 PDT Two years ago, my friend Amelia and I hitchhiked from Ecuador through Colombia to Venezuela and back over a period of four months. Colombia’s paramilitary formations, which had allegedly demobilized in 2005, had in fact simply been reincarnated under different labels. http://salem-news.com/articles/may052011/colombia-changes-bf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may052011/colombia-changes-bf.php Thu, 05 May 2011 20:39:00 PDT The four-member United Nations panel appointed to investigate the May 31 Israeli attack on the Mavi Marmara which killed 9 people is scheduled to have its first meeting today. An August 3 AFP article noting the “surprising U-turn from the Israelis” in deciding to support the flotilla probe—a rare instance of Israeli cooperation with the U.N.—fails to note that the U-turn is perhaps not so surprising given the appointment as panel Vice Chairman of outgoing Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, whose expertise in the realm of security will thus not be lost with the end of his presidential term. http://salem-news.com/articles/august102010/israel-colombia.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august102010/israel-colombia.php Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:16:00 PDT Monday, a high-ranking Peruvian government official told NBC News that Joran van der Sloot confessed to the slaying of a 21-year-old woman in a Lima hotel room. La Republica newspaper reported that Van der Sloot said he broke Stephany Flores' neck after she grabbed his laptop without his permission; she apparently discovered that he was involved in the disappearance of an American woman, Natalie Holloway. http://salem-news.com/articles/june082010/vandersloot.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june082010/vandersloot.php Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:36:00 PDT The first ever photo of a living Santa Marta Sabrewing is the first confirmation of the continued existence of this spectacular hummingbird in over 60 years. The Santa Marta Sabrewing, classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as Endangered, is endemic to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, and is at high risk of extinction. http://salem-news.com/articles/april072010/colombian-hummingbird.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april072010/colombian-hummingbird.php Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:36:00 PDT Over the last four months, 196 families have occupied an area called Villa Dignidad on the outskirts of Barrancabermeja in search of better living conditions. These families were all unemployed and had no means of paying rent. In December 2009, police evicted them, but they returned within a few days. http://salem-news.com/articles/february042010/colombia_cpt.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february042010/colombia_cpt.php Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:28:00 PST Friday's violation of Venezuelan airspace by a US military plane is another example of the escalation in provocations against Venezuela and evidence of the danger US military presence in the region represents. The US plane had flown over a strategic Venezuelan military base on La Orchila. http://salem-news.com/articles/january102010/venezeula_eg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january102010/venezeula_eg.php Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:48:00 PST Biofuels are divided into biodiesel (plant-based oil), and ethanol (plant-based alcohol). The number one source of biodiesel is African palm oil. Demand and production of biofuels are growing globally. The U.S. government is taking steps to switch to biodiesel in national parks, public school districts, utility companies, NASA, USDA agencies, and all major branches of the U.S. military. http://salem-news.com/articles/november082009/biofuel_ma.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november082009/biofuel_ma.php Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:00:00 PST Maybe I am a little slow at the draw here, but strange ironies and coincidences in this week's contest for the most appreciated woman in the world. http://salem-news.com/articles/july182008/miss_universe_7-17-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july182008/miss_universe_7-17-08.php Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:38:00 PDT Sometimes life is as awesome as it is tragic, and that is no easy competition in this day and age. Last week's surprise rescue of Ingrid Betancourt from FARC, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, shows that even a highly remote long-shot can be reality and that people are brave, very brave, in their willingness to help an innocent person regain their freedom. Betancourt is a 46-year old French-Colombian politician, former senator and anti-corruption activist, who was kidnapped by the FARC on February 23rd 2002 while campaigning for the presidency. FARC has held several hundred people hostage over the years, as bargaining chips for their political maneuvering. http://salem-news.com/articles/july052008/betancourt_rescued_7-5-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july052008/betancourt_rescued_7-5-08.php Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:13:00 PDT The House voted 224-Yes to 195-No to remove a rule that would force a vote on the US-Colombia trade agreement within 60 legislative days. "Organized labor and human rights groups in the U.S. have generally opposed the Colombia deal because of the problems of labor leaders in the South American country. Business groups such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have actively lobbied for the deal, saying it will remove tariffs that impede American exports to the country," said The Associated Press. http://salem-news.com/articles/april142008/maplight_reality_4-14-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april142008/maplight_reality_4-14-08.php Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:17:00 PDT