Word: gomezes
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...fiercest division within the ranks of journalism is between the majority who support all-out war against the drug lords and those, notably the owners of Medellin's El Colombiano, who prefer a negotiated truce. In 1984, when he was still editor of the paper, Juan Gomez Martinez wrote, "To sit down with these despicable people, who are wanted by justice, is dishonest. It would twist the values of our country. It is an immoral and terrifying proposition." Gomez -- whose title became publisher when he was elected mayor of Medellin in 1988 -- has turned into a leading advocate of government...
...Gomez, Santos and Salgar were among a group of Colombian journalists who were in New York City last week to discuss the battle between drug lords and reporters under the sponsorship of New York University and the International Press Institute. Their goal was to remind the world that their nation is, as El Tiempo said, "not a cave of thieves but the major victim of the international drug trade." Potent as their words were, more potent still was the harrowing image of Pulido cut down on his way home from an honest day's work in a land ravaged...
WRITER-REPORTERS: Edward M. Gomez, Alain L. Sanders...
WRITER-REPORTERS: Edward M. Gomez, Alain L. Sanders...
WRITER-REPORTERS: Edward M. Gomez, Alain L. Sanders...