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	Fredohebshalom.com Fred Shalom Fred Ohebshalom Cauca culture
		CAUCA culture, Later goldwork is characterized by its emphasis on tumbaga, shalom, casting in the lost wax process, Fred Ohebshalom, and the elaboration of pendants in bird shapes and simple nose rings.
		In the upper Cauca River basin and the areas surrounding Popayan, rather isolated evidence has been found of prehispanic development.
		Cauca goldwork is principally known for two kinds of figures.
	www.fredohebshalom.com /cauca.htm (344 words)

	The Nasa of Northern Cauca: A Photo Essay \| En Camino
		Northern Cauca, as you will see, is the site of a remarkable social movement of indigenous people who are struggling not only against the displacement and violence directed against them by the state, but also for their own vision of autonomy and their own project for constructing their future.
		One of the arenas of battle is Cauca, a highly strategic corridor in southwestern Colombia through which the Pan-American highway carries the commerce of the South American continent.
		Northern Cauca is also home to one of the most politically sophisticated and strong grassroots movements in Latin America: that of the Nasayuwe (or Nasa) indigenous, a population of around 110,000, organized into 'cabildos' or councils, with a parallel government and a political project they call indigenous autonomy.
	www.en-camino.org /caucaphotoessay (6148 words)

	ZNet \|Colombia \| Cauca: Their Fate Lies in Our Hands
		Northern Cauca is home to one of the most remarkable experiments in resistance to neoliberalism and in the actual construction of alternatives in the hemisphere, not to mention a courageous and unarmed struggle for peace.
		He attributed their invasion of northern Cauca to the successes of the Social Bloc, which has "won economic and territorial rights, and social rights in the areas of education and health." That "attracted the attention of the paramilitaries," who do not tolerate such deviation from the traditional structures of power they protect.
		From far back, the violence in Cauca, as elsewhere, is part of the expulsion of peasants from the best lands, escalating under the neoliberal programs but with deep historical roots, leading to a social order with extreme concentration of wealth, linked to foreign capital, and awful misery in a country with rich and varied resources.
	www.zmag.org /content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=9&ItemID=2104 (1502 words)

	Colombia: army fires on indigenous protesters \| World War 4 Report
		Confronted with the situation on the Pan-American Highwayw at Maria Piendamó, Cauca, the president of the ONIC, Luis Evelis Andrade Casama, said he rejects the utilization of the weapons of the State against defenseless peasants, indigenous and Afro-descendents.
		Cauca Gov. Jose Chaux, alleged that the protests were "financed, organized and sponsored by terrorism," referring to the country's largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.
		In Cauca at this moment there is a tense calm, as the arrival is impatiently awaited of a Government Commission which has been dispatched to Piendamo.
	www.ww4report.com /node/1975 (1290 words)

	Gobernación del Valle del Cauca ::
		Archivo del Patrimonio Fotográfico y Fílmico del Valle del Cauca
		Versalles Centro Músical y Cultural del Valle del Cauca
		Más de 250 mujeres pertenecientes a las organizaciones que trabajan en el Valle del cauca por la defensa...
	www.valledelcauca.gov.co (329 words)

	Valle Del Cauca Real Estate, Valle Del Cauca Homes for Sale
		Point2 Homes is your gateway to Valle Del Cauca area homes for sale.
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	homes.point2.com /CO/Valle-Del-Cauca-Real-Estate.aspx (216 words)

	Museo del Oro-Cauca (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Around AD 1000 the age of the great gold objects had passed in the southwest, and the valley of the river Cauca was occupied by warrior groups with a different tradition.
		Goldwork was widely used, though alloyed with copper, among the chiefs who confronted the Spanish conquistadores wearing nose ornaments like twisted nails `with gold necklaces upon them and on their chests a breastplate of gold the size of a platter, which they call patens' according to an anonymous chronicler.
		Between Tierradentro, Popayán and Puracé, in the upper Cauca valley, traces have been found of a little-known group which produced complex pendants of gold and tumbaga in the form of birds or frogs, combined with human features.
	www.bridge.net /~castillo/cauca.html (143 words)

	COLOMBIA: CAUCA INDIGENOUS PEOPLE SEIZE ESTATES
		On Oct. 14 police attacked the community, injuring at least three people: one was hit in the eyes with tear gas and might lose his sight; one suffered a fractured knee, and one woman's ribs were fractured.
		Elsewhere in Cauca on Oct. 12, indigenous people and campesinos began occupations on the Miraflores estate in Corinto, two estates in the village of Gabriel Lopez in Totoro municipality and lands on a site known as Las Guacas, east of the departmental capital, Popayan.
		Cauca police commander Col. Luis de Jesus Cely Rincon said army troops from the Codazzi Engineers Battalion of Palmira evicted 200 indigenous people from lands in the communit of Media Naranja.
	www.landaction.org /display.php?article=349 (507 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Cauca Valley dry forests (NT0207)
		A narrow strip of dry forest is situate in a dry valley of the Cauca River in northwestern Colombia, this ecoregion is one of the most degraded in area.
		This ecoregion consists of a narrow, elongate, north-south strip of dry forest habitat along the Cauca River in the Valley and Risaralda departments.
		Linework for the ecoregion follows an elevational contour (1000 m) around the valley of the upper Cauca River which is distinct floristically and faunistically from the montane forests which encompass it.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt0207_full.html (656 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Cauca Valley montane forests (NT0109)
		The montane forests of the Cauca Valley in southwestern Colombia are highly diverse and are an important center of endemism of plants and animals.
		The Andes of Colombia, including the Cauca Valley montane forests, are a center of diversification and radiation of several taxonomic groups, including frogs of the genus Eleutherodactylus (Lynch 1986) and shrubs and epiphytic plants in the families Gesneriaciae, Orchidaceae, Rubiaceae, and Melastomataceae, among others (Gentry 1982).
		The biological diversity of the montane forests of the Cauca Valley is the result of complex patterns of biological diversification, related to the ecoregion’s geological history, and present topographic and climatic diversity.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt0109_full.html (1463 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Cauca Valley montane forests (NT0109) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Cauca Valley is located between the western and central ranges of the northwestern Andes and stretches for about 372 miles (600 km).
		The gentle slopes of the Cauca Valley foothills, starting at an elevation of around 3,280 feet (1,000 m), give way to a rugged topography at higher elevations, with deep canyons and numerous rivers and streams.
		The montane forests of the Cauca Valley are highly fragmented and have been virtually destroyed between 3,200 and 6,500 feet (1,000 and 2,000 m).
	www.nationalgeographic.com /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt0109.html (445 words)

	Cauca - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Cauca Valley, valley, western Colombia, north-western South America.
		It is located between the central and western Andes mountain ranges.
		Cali, city in western Colombia, capital of Valle del Cauca Department, on the Cali River.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Cauca.html (88 words)

	Gallery :: Idaho Students for Progressive Change in Cauca
		This week, the university students are on strike, in response to the state police invasion of the Guambiano indigenous reserve.
		Ryan, Lindsay, and Bryan listen to the Cauca students alternative media strategy, to provide students with information that is not controlled by the mass media.
		This week's summit was portrayed in the mass media as a violent confrontation between armed indigenous men and state forces who tried to control them.
	carolinapeace.org /gallery/Idaho-Cauca (239 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Cauca Valley dry forests (NT0207) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This ecoregion consists of a long and narrow strip of dry forests along the Cauca River in western Colombia.
		In a dry deciduous forest overlooking the Cauca River, a three-toed sloth moves slowly through the crown of a Cecropia tree as it munches on the tree’s large, frilled leaves.
		A large fl antbird picks through the understory as it searches for ants and small insects, an endemic Cauca guan scratches at the dirt and leaves for its insect prey, and a spot-breasted woodpecker taps on a hollow tree, echoing a rhythmic tune that will attract mates and warn other males of its territorial boundaries.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt0207.html (547 words)

	americas.org - One Killed in Cauca Eviction (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Indigenous protesters occupied farms and estates throughout Cauca on October 11 and 12 to force the government to act on their demands for land; the occupations coincided with massive national mobilizations by workers, campesinos and indigenous communities to mark October 12, the traditional anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the hemisphere.
		Cauca indigenous communities are demanding that the government grant them 38,000 hectares of cultivable land in compliance with accords signed by the administration of former president Andrés Pastrana (1998-2002).
		The use of militant nonviolent tactics by Cauca indigenous communities, which refuse to take sides in the armed conflict between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), has won praise from many quarters.
	americas.org /item_23027 (545 words)

	Valle del Cauca travel guide - Wikitravel
		Valle del Cauca is a department of Colombia.
		Cali (Santiago de Cali) - the capital of the department of Valle del Cauca.
		Personal safety in the Valle del Cauca Department is a major priority, especially in the rural areas near the cities of Pradera, Florida, and Palmira.
	wikitravel.org /en/Valle_del_Cauca (286 words)

	.: ColombiaWeb.Net - Cauca :. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Le Cauca partage avec le Huila le Grand Massif Colombien, d'où se divisent les cordillères Centrale et Occidentale et d'où naissent les fleuves Magdalena, Cauca, Caquetá et Patía.
		Le département du Cauca est composé de trois groupes ethniques basiques: noir, sur la côte pacifique; blanc, au centre; et indien, dans la région de Tierradentro.
		Les fleuves Magdalena et Cauca appartiennent au versant du Caraïbe, qui naissent près des limites avec le département du Huila.
	www.colombiaweb.net /departements/departement.php?dep_id=11 (554 words)

	The U.S.-Colombia FTA : Trade and Militarization : Colombia : AFSC
		On November 18, 2005 the Colombian government initiated negotiations with the Nasa Indigenous and peasant movement who had taken over a hacienda in el Japio, Cauca, in order to get the government to deal with the economic emergency they were facing.
		Union leader Miguel Fernandez was released because of massive pressure from the popular movements in Cauca, and coordinated national actions in the U.S., however, the absurd charges of falsifying death threats against himself have not been dropped.
		It is important to note that the Colombian government is obliged to protect the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartadó, according to the provisional measures granted by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in 2000.
	www.afsc.org /colombia/action/cauca-action.htm (627 words)

	Urgent Action: Cauca: Father Ezio Roattino
		Rejecting armed combat, Father Roattino called for combat of faith and of good works, and said he prayed for a "culture of peace".
		They have developed actions in defense of indigenous groups in the Cauca in the south of Colombia, where the indigenous peoples, have been caught in the middle of a conflict between the guerrillas, the army and paramilitary groups linked to drug barons and corrupt politicians.
		Father Roattino has been falsely accused of acting on the part of the guerrillas and being responsible for recent guerrilla attacks.
	www.colombiasupport.net /199704/cauca.html (854 words)

	Houses / homes / Real Estate for sale or for rent in Cauca, Colombia - and vacation rentals (Site not responding. Last check: )
		If you are considering buying real estate in Cauca, Colombia or anywhere else for that matter, the most widely used method of borrowing the funds to make the purchase is a mortgage.
		We have put together some useful information on funding your property purchase in Cauca, Colombia with a mortgage or home loan.
		If you need to send money to or from Cauca, Colombia for the purchase of a property (or for any other reason) our suggestions can help you obtain more currency with less worry when buying foreign currency.
	www.propertyworld.com /_Colombia_Cauca (798 words)

	Birding (safely) in Colombia: Cauca Valley
		I have included Bosque Yotoco in the Cauca, although it is actually already the foothills of the Western Andes.
		It is a natural oxbow from the Cauca river.
		Other jewels are the endemic Cauca Guan (Penelope perspicax) and White-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus).
	home.scarlet.be /~tsd81005/birding/cauca.htm (579 words)

	What Is Truly Happening In Toribio, Cauca : Urgent Action : Colombia : AFSC
		We declare as "safe havens" the five locales to which people have been displaced and we declare a state of emergency in the other surrounding areas in the northern zone of Cauca until we return to a state of normalcy.
		From within the "safe havens" we will create commissions to work on the problems and the circumstances that we are living through with the end goal of finding a way out of this situation of war.
		National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC), Indigenous Townships of The Municipality of Toribío, The Mayor of Toribío,Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca (CRIC), Association of Indigenous Townships of Northern Cauca (ACIN).
	www.afsc.org /colombia/action/Communique4-20.htm (1237 words)

	Ideam, cuenca del río Cauca (Site not responding. Last check: )
		PAN DE AZÚCAR (Río CAUCA): registra leves fluctuaciones en los valores de nivel de agua.
		JUANCHITO (Río CAUCA): registra descenso en los valores de nivel de agua, el comportamiento de los valores de nivel esta influenciado por la operación del embalse de la Salvajina.
		BOLOMBOLO (Río CAUCA): registra moderadas fluctuaciones en los niveles, con valores alrededor del intervalo bajo.
	www.ideam.gov.co /rios/cuencas/cauca.asp (268 words)

	americas.org - Massive detention of Valle de Cauca leaders planned (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Send the letter below to one or all of the following addresses that asks the Colombian president to ensure the physical security and professional freedoms of the accused, that an investigation be made into the signatories of the investigative report, and that the source of the investigation be clarified.
		It is not clear to the international community or to those of Valle de Cauca why 13 members of their community are accused of crimes of rebellion and terrorism under the investigation FGN CTI SIA 358 and 359.
		We write to ask that you ensure the physical well-being and professional freedoms of these leaders, human rights defenders, and union members under investigation of FGN CTI SIA 358 and 359, referenced under “Asunto, misión de trabajo, numero 334 y 335”.
	www.americas.org /item_29759 (677 words)

	Baobab: Colombia Photos
		The flower ballot is used by farm communities in southern Colombia to determine which crops need to be researched for improvement.
		This is a typical kitchen near the town of Siberia in the Cauca region of Colombia.
		Years of tree cutting for firewood, land clearing for farming, massive sugar plantations have all combined to degrade the environment of the Cauca watershed.
	www.baobab.net /ph_col.htm (204 words)

	Amazon.com: cauca (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sugar plantations & labour patterns in the Cauca Valley, Colombia (Anthropological series) by Rolf Knight (Unknown Binding - 1972)
		Gorrones, salseros y montaneros: Una mirada antropológica al Valle del Cauca by Libardo Saavedra Rivera (Unknown Binding - 1995)
		Cauca River Valley, Colombia, South American Culture Photographic Poster Print, 18x24 by Art.com
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=cauca&tag=lexico&index=blended&link_code=qs&page=1 (342 words)

	Álvaro Rendón Gallón - University of Cauca
		Universidad del Cauca - FIET - Popayán - Colombia
		Representative of the University of Cauca to RICOTEL (Red Iberoamericana de Cooperación en Telemática), of the iberoamerican programme CYTED.
		Primary contact of OMG (Object Management Group) at the University of Cauca.
	atenea.unicauca.edu.co /~arendon/index-eng.php (215 words)

	Cauca, pharmazeutische, Yucca, See, Rolle, Pazifik Valle del Cauca
		Cauca, pharmazeutische, Yucca, See, Rolle, Pazifik Valle del Cauca
		Valle del Cauca - Bedeutung Erklärung Definition Lexikon
		Das Departamento del Valle del Cauca ist eine Provinz im Westen Kolumbiens.
	www.dbilink.de /Valle-del-Cauca.html (152 words)

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