Word: colombian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Colombian human rights activist yesterday said in a speech at the Law School that the protection of human rights is fundamental to the survival of his embattled nation...
...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...
Lipinski said the award was presented to Cano because of El Espectador's enduring history of opposition to the Colombian drug lords...
...They've really been at the fore-front of all this," said Lipinski. "They really broke the story that the drug lords weren't acting alone, that they were being helped by some members of the Colombian army...
...acceptance speech, Cano praised the tough anti-drug policies of the new Colombian government of President Virgilio Barco. But he said the most hopeful development was the change in attitude by the "consumer countries" of the West...