Barranquilla Carnival:
Unfortunately, while mish-mashes can make for beautiful music, art, and dance, they can also sometimes make for conflict.
Colombia: Indigenous Protests and Murders Under Media Blackout
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 @ 16:52 UTC
by Juliana Rincón Parra
From Colombia, the indigenous groups in the Cauca department have made an international SOS to call attention on their plight. On their website, cric-colombia.org they explain how they have been protesting the human rights abuses they have been victim of, represented by the murder of one of their community leaders by hit men and the death threats on other regional and community leaders and spokespeople.
CNN coverage:
Uribe: Colombian police fired on protesters
Video of the incident.
"Pre-Uribe confession" story here.
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