FOR National Council member Zara Zimbardo hosts Access SF's Newsroom program, with a special segment on Colombia, that you can access here. Click on Episode #57; the segment on Colombia is 18 minutes in.

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Democracy Now! 27 July 2009
Tensions Rise in Latin America over US Military Plan to Use Three Bases in Colombia

The Colombian government has agreed to grant US forces the use of three Colombian military bases for South American anti-drug operations. The move has heightened tensions between Colombia, the largest recipient of US military aid in the Americas, and its neighbors, particularly Venezuela and Ecuador. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez warned that the US Army could “invade” his country from Colombia.

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John Lindsay-Poland at Seabeck 4th of July 2009 from toddboyle on Vimeo.

“The Other Side of Despair: Columbia, U.S. Policy, and the Energy of Nonviolent Resistance," John Lindsay-Poland keynote speech at FOR Seabeck Conference, 4th of July 2009.