Stories about Colombia from December, 2006
Colombia: Lack of quorum sinks same-sex partnership bill
“So the bill was actually brought to the floor for a vote but some cowardly legislators jumped up and left their seats. Incredibly disappointing if not necessarily surprising.” So says Andres Duque who has been covering the proposed legislation to grant legal privileges to same-sex partnerships. The bill died last...
Colombia: “Same-sex partnership rights? Not so fast…”
Andres Duque offers both a short and long explanation to what is happening and not happening with Colombia's same-sex partnership legislation.
Colombia: “What I've Learned”
Erwin Cifuentes, who normally blogs prodigiously at The Latin Americanist is now in Colombia and has put together a collection of “the many lessons big and small” he's learned so far. Ricardo Carreón also finds himself in Colombia and recommends an English-language website about the capital city.
Colombia: Chats and Global Orgasm
Juan Plata of blogsColombia tries to stimulate his fellow bloggers [ES] into taking advantage of the blogsColombia chat client as well as partaking in Global Orgasm – “to cause a change of vibrations on our planet.”
Colombia: First Black Colombian General
Poor But Happy forum user “webmanco” posts an excerpt of an article about Colombian General Luis Alberto Moore Perea and adds: “Here is another successful black Colombian, for those who think, blacks got no opportunities in Colombia.” A commenter from Cali, however, responds, “I would be happy to see how...
Colombia: El Tiempo forecasts passage of “gay law”
According to Andres Duque: “over the weekend, El Tiempo, the leading Colombian editorial newspaper, predicted that the bill would not only survive tomorrow's House of Representatives vote but also pass the next hurdle when it's sent for final review by a special commission of the House. That would send it...
Colombia: Pillow Fight Flash Mob
It seems that the spirit of Argentina's recent pillow fight flash mob has spread to Colombia [ES] Get your fluffiest weaponry ready.
