Comments on: Colombia, Laboratory of Witches: Democracy and State Terrorism http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/08/colombia-laboratory-of-witches-democracy-and-state-terrorism/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:12:24 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: evie http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/08/colombia-laboratory-of-witches-democracy-and-state-terrorism/#comment-26351 evie Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:12:52 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=2517#comment-26351 James Calvo Espina may describe it as a lab for the "extreme right" but I would not agree. I don't think the Colombian leadership is dark and twisted enough to qualify, not yet anyway. What is your opinion of Colombian AG Mario Iguarán, who has been investigating and bringing charges against officials close to Uribe? I was just reading a piece on The Carter Center (Jimmy) regarding Colombia, titled "Educating Colombian Communities for Peace," which stated: "The government and guerilla groups intimidate journalists, threatening them against reporting on issues detrimental to their agendas. Because of this and fear for their lives, many journalists practice self-censorship. Self-censorship is a large reason why much of the public in Colombia is unaware of massive human rights violations and the continuation of the armed conflict. A prominent human rights lawyer in Colombia cites this as one of the main reasons for political apathy and the 80 percent approval rating for President Uribe's policies on the part of the Colombian public." Nice that Jimmah and other Amerikans are educating the apathetic Colombians about peace, especially since apparently 80% are unaware that "massive" violations are going on and they are ruled by an extreme right totalitarian engaged in armed conflict. James
Calvo Espina may describe it as a lab for the “extreme right” but I would not agree. I don’t think the Colombian leadership is dark and twisted enough to qualify, not yet anyway.

What is your opinion of Colombian AG Mario Iguarán, who has been investigating and bringing charges against officials close to Uribe?

I was just reading a piece on The Carter Center (Jimmy) regarding Colombia, titled “Educating Colombian Communities for Peace,” which stated:

“The government and guerilla groups intimidate journalists, threatening them against reporting on issues detrimental to their agendas. Because of this and fear for their lives, many journalists practice self-censorship. Self-censorship is a large reason why much of the public in Colombia is unaware of massive human rights violations and the continuation of the armed conflict. A prominent human rights lawyer in Colombia cites this as one of the main reasons for political apathy and the 80 percent approval rating for President Uribe’s policies on the part of the Colombian public.”

Nice that Jimmah and other Amerikans are educating the apathetic Colombians about peace, especially since apparently 80% are unaware that “massive” violations are going on and they are ruled by an extreme right totalitarian engaged in armed conflict.

]]> By: bozhidar balkas http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/08/colombia-laboratory-of-witches-democracy-and-state-terrorism/#comment-26333 bozhidar balkas Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:37:31 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=2517#comment-26333 socialism=one for all, all for one. not perfectly, but to a humanely possible degree. capitalism= many for one, one against many; in all its degrees of disparity in econo-politico-military might. neither russia at this time nor china for forseeable future want capitalism for their chosen children. capitalists want to erode/destroy russian and chinese will to remain the champions of the oppressed. this why US is placing missiles in e.europe. however, encyrclement of china, 'stans, and russia had begun decades ago. thank u socialism=one for all, all for one. not perfectly, but to a humanely possible degree.
capitalism= many for one, one against many; in all its degrees of disparity in econo-politico-military might.
neither russia at this time nor china for forseeable future want capitalism for their chosen children.
capitalists want to erode/destroy russian and chinese will to remain the champions of the oppressed.
this why US is placing missiles in e.europe. however, encyrclement of china, ’stans, and russia had begun decades ago. thank u

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