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...speech entitled "Human Rights in a Paper-Thin Democracy: The View from Medellin, Colombia," Dr. Pablo Emilio Angarita, director of the Instito Popular de Capacitacion, told a crowd of approximately 50 people how he has struggled to protect citizens while being harassed by the Colombian government...
...last minutes of his speech, Angarita focussed on the drug trafficking and guerilla warfare in Colombia. A member of the Colombian military present at the speech raised several questions regarding these subjects and debated with Angarita in Spanish for about 30 minutes...
Angarita's speech was preceded by a short film about the social conflicts existing in Colombia today. The film, also in Spanish, covered the acute social and political problems in Colombia, including land ownership struggles, high unemployment rates, drug trafficking and terrorist activities...
...meeting ended, Angarita said he wished to continue the struggle for human rights in Colombia...
...Colombia giving up the drug war? Or just playing mind games with the traffickers? That question has been raised by President Cesar Gaviria Trujillo's plan to forgo extradition and cut prison sentences as much as 50% for drug dealers who voluntarily cooperate with authorities and help prosecute other traffickers. Colombian Attorney General Alfonso Gomez Mendez supported $ Gaviria last week when he charged that the drug war "has been a failure because it has represented more costs to the nation than benefits for the community...