http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/170/ en_GB_uk Colombia http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/159740/1/ SAN FRANCISCO, Apr 14 (OneWorld) - Long-time critics of corporate-friendly free trade agreements are applauding House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for effectively putting the brakes on a deal with the South American nation of Colombia. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83314 "Show your support of trade agreements that assure job security and decent livelihoods, and take a stand against the NAFTA model that displaces millions from their homes and jobs and furthers environmental destruction," urges a group advocating fairer globalization. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/159452/1/ The proposed U.S. free trade agreement with Colombia will have a number of negative repercussions for the South American nation, such as worsening rural poverty, fueling armed conflict and drug trafficking, and exacerbating climate change, says Yifat Susskind. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/158602/1/ BOGOTA, Mar 7 (OneWorld) - Amid the escalating diplomatic crisis with Venezuela, Ecuador, and now Nicaragua, tens of thousands of Colombians marched yesterday in solidarity with the victims of their country's violent conflict. They were joined by demonstrators in capital cities across the continent, as well as Paris and New York. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82791 As diplomatic and military tensions between Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela rise, Forrest Hylton delves into the complex relationships between Colombian President Uribe and his political allies, the right-wing paramilitaries, Chávez, and the FARC. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/158501/1/ BOGOTA, Mar 5 (OneWorld) - People who earn their living by sorting through and reselling municipal waste have reasserted their role as garbage recyclers and productive members of the global economy at an unprecedented event here this week. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/157525/1/ BOGOTA, Feb 5 (OneWorld) - An estimated 2 million Colombians marched here Monday in a show of opposition to the FARC guerrillas. Worldwide, solidarity protests organized through the Facebook online platform spanned 193 cities in Latin America, North America, Europe, and Asia. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/157440/1/ Colombian social movements warn that demonstrations planned for 4 February will polarise the country, prolong the civil war and end hopes that the conflict will be humanised. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82170 Approximately 2,000 Colombians, including members of indigenous groups, fled their villages over the past two weeks as militias are intensifying their armed campaigns in the rural areas, writes the UN. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81998 Are think-tanks staffed by scientists a luxury that only rich nations can afford? Ehsan Masood meets the founders of four institutes that set out to help developing countries to think for themselves. From Nature News http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/80856 A Colombian small-scale farmer was driven off his land by paramilitaries; when he took refuge his terrain was appropriated by companies growing oil palms, used to produce biofuels. His story has been repeated countless times throughout the palm-growing regions of the country. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/154394/1/ WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (OneWorld) - A Colombian senator pushing for justice and peace has been honored in the United States for his human rights activism, accepting a prestigious award alongside co-honorees from the United States challenging the war in Iraq and Washington, DC's "taxation without representation." http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/153442/1/ BOGOTA, Sep 23 (OneWorld) - An environmental gold-mining initiative is set to double its production this year in an attempt to keep up with increasing national and global demand. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/153048/1/ BOGOTA, Sep 10 (OneWorld) - Colombia's nineteenth annual Peace Week was launched Sunday by a coalition of local non-profit groups, with a call for a greater focus on truth to help alleviate the country's ongoing conflict. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/152801/1/ BOGOTA, Aug 31 (OneWorld) - A Colombian indigenous community has called for an end to the use of anti-personnel mines in the country after an explosion killed two men.