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Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe gestures during a speech at the Army School in Bogota June 1, 2006. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez (COLOMBIA)

By Misha Glenny

Toronto Globe & Mail

July 14, 2008

Excerpt from commentary:

Colombia is still in an unholy mess and, in the area of human rights, the government has nothing to crow about as the murder of trades unionists continues to mount with no sign of the perpetrators being brought to justice.

And, for all the billions that the U.S. has channelled into Colombia's anti-narcotics program, once again the area of the country under coca cultivation is up; purity levels of the drug on U.S. streets remain high; and retail prices have reached record lows.

If the demise of the FARC continues, Mr. Uribe's government would do well to start focusing on some of the appalling injustices it has either permitted through inaction or even encouraged with the collusion of its corrupt secret police and its right-wing paramilitary allies...

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