· August, 2005

Stories about Colombia from August, 2005

Ecuador: Against Recruiting of Mercenaries

The Ecuadorean government has expressed reservations about the recruitment of mercenary soldiers out of the port city of Manta. Concern rose over this job posting offering ex-Colombian soldiers as private...

16 August 2005

Colombia: Visiting Colombia

At the five year anniversary of Plan Colombia, Boz has some excellent and optimistic observations about his latest trip to Colombia/a>.

5 August 2005

Colombia: 20 New Female Politicians

Jeanette Jalil, writing from Chile, has the story of 20 women elected to official posts in Bogota, Colombia after being interviewed by the mayor in what she says was a...

4 August 2005

Colombia: Putumayo, 5 years later

Plan Colombia and Beyond takes a look at the Putomayo region of Colombia five years after the implementation of Plan Colombia and concludes, “the lesson of Putumayo should be that...

1 August 2005