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	ReliefWeb » Countries & Emergencies » Colombia
		Colombia: Pagan subsidios a 3 mil familias desplazadas de Turbo y Apartadó
		Colombia: Accord for a timetable for the future of the peace process
		Colombia: Acuerdo de Santa Fe de Ralito para contribuir a la paz de Colombia
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/dbc.nsf/doc104?OpenForm&rc=2&cc=col (131 words)

	The World Factbook 2004 -- Colombia
		Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others being Ecuador and Venezuela).
		Colombia's economy suffers from weak domestic and foreign demand, austere government budgets, and serious internal armed conflict, but seems poised for recovery.
		Two of Colombia's leading exports, oil and coffee, face an uncertain future; new exploration is needed to offset declining oil production, while coffee harvests and prices are depressed.
	www.brainyatlas.com /geos/co.html (1227 words)

	PBI Colombia: Groups we work with
		The PBI Colombia Team is composed of four sub-teams in four different areas, but it works as a single team.
		ANUC (The National Association of Peasant Workers), CCJ (Colombian Commission of Jurists), CSPP (The Committee for Solidarity with Political Prisoners), The "Deache" Pedagogical Project (Justice and Peace Intercongregational Commission), GAD (Support Group for Displaced people), ILSA (Institute for Alternative Legal Services), Sembrar Foundation, and others.
		CODEHSEL (Medellín), Diocese of Apartadó, Diocese of Quibdó (Chocó), Turbo Missionary Team, Ríosucio Parish (Chocó), and others.
	www.peacebrigades.org /colombia/colorganizations.html (717 words)

	Colombia 10.456
		This year alone, the peasants of the communities of Yondó, Turbo and Puerto Valdivia, to cite just three cases, were bombed by the army immediately after clashes with the guerrilla movement.
		We further demonstrated that in Colombia, the National Army has often attempted to justify its extrajudicial executions by saying that they occurred in clashes with guerrillas and we illustrated that fact by documenting similar events that occurred in Puerto Valdivia and Yondó (Antioquia).
		In a communication dated September 17, 1991, the Government of Colombia sent another communication which was forwarded to the petitioner on October 18, 1991, to the following effect:
	www.cidh.oas.org /annualrep/93eng/Colombia.10456.htm (3773 words)

	Kangaroo Mother Care Update
		Gaviria, M. Programa madre canguro: Evaluacion e implementacion hospital San Jose de Turbo, Antiquia, Colombia [Mother kangaroo program: Evaluation and implementation at the San Juan de Turbo Hospital in Antioquia, Colombia].
		Valencia, M.L. and Vélez, J.D. Programa madre canguro: Hospital san Rafael Yolombo, Antioquia, Colombia [Mother kangaroo program at the San Raphael Yolombo Hospital in Antioquia, Colombia].
		Gómez, L.A. Programa madre canguro: Evaluacion de 2 a_os (1988-1990) Hospital Regional Caldas, Antioquia, Colombia [Evaluation of two years of mother kangaroo program at the Caldas Regional Hospital in Antioquia, Colombia].
	www.geocities.com /roopage/update2000.html (3773 words)

	Key Publishing Ltd Aviation Forums - Photos of Rare Birds
		Ayres Turbo Thrush S2R-T65 Narc Eradication aircraft reportedly used in Belize, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Myanmar and Thailand.
		1) PNC-268 another Turbo Thrush operating with the Policia Nacional Colombia.
		Here you have a photo of two of the Turbo Thrush (date is Dec1992, La Aurora, Guatemala) and one of the OV-10 Broncos (Date is Dec1999, also at La Aurora, Guatemala).
	forum.keypublishing.co.uk /printthread.php?t=39407 (3773 words)

	Latin American Military - News
		The contracts are for the manufacture of parts for ENAER and the Lockheed Martin Aircraft and Logistic Center, as well as for the refit of a number of Fuerza Aérea de Colombia (FAC) Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Fuerza Aérea Boliviana (FAB) Beech T-34 Mentor and Fuerza Aérea Argentina (FAA) Beech T-34A Mentor.
		Lockheed Martin Corp. announced on April 6, 2004 that it's in talks to sell the AT-63 Pampa aircraft with a couple of Latin American governments, including the government of Bolivia (12 aircraft) and Colombia (36 aircraft), as replacement for old trainers and light combat jet planes.
		On September 6, 2003 the Pilatus PC-6B2/H2 Turbo Porter serial GN-809 ( C/N 807) belonging to the Escuadrón 18 Las Lomitas of the Gendarmería Nacional Argentina (GNA) crashed while trying to takeoff from the Formosa airport due to a strong wind that capsized the aircraft.
	www.lamilitary.com /News.html (3773 words)

	Manuel Amador Guerrero - PanCanal.com
		Amador Guerrero was born in Turbo, Colombia, on June 30, 1835.
		He was a doctor whose greatest accomplishment was his unanimous appointment by the National Constituent Convention in 1904 to be the first president of Panama, once the independence from Colombia was achieved.
		Amador Guerrero contributed to Panama's economic, political, and educational progress by making radical changes approved by the National Assembly and his Cabinet.
	www.pancanal.com /eng/history/proceres/guerrero.html (3773 words)

	afrocolombia.htm
		The Forcibly Displaced Afro-Colombian Communities of the Cacarica Basin of the Choco, provisionally settled in Turbo, Bocas del Atrato and Bahia Cupica have denounced the illegal and indiscriminate deforestation of their lands by the YIREH cooperative.
		Colombia: violence and deforestation in the Choco region 11/1/99 World Rain Forest: "The Pacific Region of the country, known for its abundance of natural resources and cultural richness, as well as for the constant process of depredation that it has suffered since colonial times (see WRM Bulletin 27) is victim of this type of activities.
		This means our population is about 11 million of the 42 million people in Colombia Some historians view the Choco as a very big palenque with a large population of cimarrones, especially in the areas of the Baudo River.
	afrocubaweb.com /news/colombia/afrocolombia.htm (5741 words)

	Choco en la cartografia historica: de territorio incierto a departamento de un país llamado Colombia
		En la carta de Mosquera, Turbo forma parte de Antioquia, lo cual es una incongruencia, pues en el mismo gobierno de Mosquera, en 1847, el denominado "partido de Turbo" fue asignado a la provincia del Chocó, sustentando esa medida en las mayores facilidades de comunicación con Quibdó 84.
		San Juan, mapa de la zona entre los ríos San Juan y Tamaná, 1781.
		Esto, a pesar de las pretensiones de Antioquia, que siempre lo reclamó como suyo y que ocasionalmente, entre 1848 y 1850, lo incluyó dentro del territorio antioqueño.
	www.banrep.gov.co /blaavirtual/boleti1/bol43/b43o1.htm (5741 words)

	Limited, Inc.
		"The biggest illegal arms shipment known to have arrived in Colombia landed in Turbo, a port on the Gulf of Urab�, on Colombia's Atlantic coast, last November.
		The weapons, enough to equip a lethal paramilitary offensive, were unloaded into trucks at the port, which has been controlled for several years by the right-wing United Colombian Self-Defense (AUC) militia.
		Although its illegality is shrouded in beach and jungle night, just as its source is:
	limitedinc.blogspot.com /2002/05/remora-washington-post-reports-on.html (700 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Colombia
		Bahia de Portete, Barranquilla, Buenaventura, Cartagena, Leticia, Puerto Bolivar, San Andres, Santa Marta, Tumaco, Turbo
	www.phatnav.com /factbook/geos/co.html (700 words)

	www.cyclingnews.com presents ...
		During the descent to the tourist spot finish, Colombian Gregorio Ladino, Arroyo's teammate in Canel's-Turbo, attacked from the breakaway and once he opened a gap, he was followed by compatriot Libardo Niño, from Team Sol-Colombia.
		Mexican riders shined today on the mountains of Huamantla by taking first and second places in a close battle with Colombian cyclists.
		Speaks started to have problems from the ascent of Ixtapan and even though he later connected with the second group, the mountain top finish ended up knocking him from his top place in the overall.
	www.bike-zone.com /results/1998/jan98/ruta98.html (700 words)

	Malaria Journal Full text Community cooperatives and insecticide-treated materials for malaria control: a new experience in Latin America
		The research team was involved in training programmes for health managers at district and state levels in Mexico (70 persons) and Colombia (52 persons) which emphasised vector-borne disease control.
		Components of the direct financial costs of an impregnation service (Colombian model)
		The areas for the intervention study suggested by the MoH were the poor Pacific coast (Chocó state) and the better-off Atlantic coast (Urabá; Turbo district).
	www.malariajournal.com /content/1/1/15 (700 words)

	Encyclopedia: Manuel Amador Guerrero
		Amador Guerrero was born in Turbo, Colombia, on June 30, 1835.
		The Orden de Manuel Amador Guerrero, the highest honor of Panama, was named in his honor.
		Amador Guerrero contributed to Panama's economic, political, and educational progress by making radical changes approved by the National Assembly and his Cabinet.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Manuel-Amador-Guerrero (353 words)

	E/CN.4/2001/9/Add.1
		The Special Rapporteur expressed her concern at the fact that, despite the strong military presence in the area, the displaced persons of Turbo were continuing to be threatened and their leaders killed by paramilitary groups, who were reportedly impeding the peaceful return of the displaced persons.
		The Government of Colombia informed the Special Rapporteur that the Office of the Attorney-General had reported that the only witnesses to the said murder were his wife and daughter, who had refused to collaborate with the investigation.
		The source indicates that the municipality of Tuluá had provided buses for the community of displaced persons, but had apparently not taken any steps to guarantee their safety, notwithstanding the fact that the armed forces and allied paramilitary groups were still treating the displaced persons as sympathizers and collaborators with the guerrilla forces.
	www.hri.ca /fortherecord2001/documentation/commission/e-cn4-2001-9-add1.htm (353 words)

	VCD :: Entrevista con Alfredo Molano
		Un canal de mucha mÃ¡s amplitud que el Canal de PanamÃ¡] [El RÃo Atrato desemboca en el OcÃ©ano AtlÃ¡ntico en la ciudad de Turbo, en la frontera con PanamÃ¡.
		El Plan Colombia ayudarÃa a los ganaderos y a los paramilitares cuando haya que retirar a los miles de campesinos de la regiÃ³n que pueden representar una oposiciÃ³n para el canal AtlÃ¡ntico-PacÃfico.] Los ganaderos estÃ¡n aquÃ.
		Anda por el rÃo Atrato y puede salir al PacÃfico por Trando, donde se juntan dos rÃos.
	www.vivecondrogas.com /article.php?aid=31 (353 words)

	clinton.txt
		Reed was told he would be reimbursed for supplying the contras by insurance companies that were linked to North's operation., Shortly afterwards, Reed reported the "theft" of Piper turbo-prop aircraft and he filed a $33,000 claim on which he eventually collected almost $7,000.
		In the mid-1980s it was perilously close to becoming a "narco-republic" - a sort of mini-Colombia within the borders of the United States.
		Reed, who was eventually acquitted of the charges, was picked up by the FBI after the missing plane was discovered in the Mena hanger where Reed had put the plane at Cooper's suggestion.
	members.fortunecity.com /bigj2/news/clinton.txt (19188 words)

	Colombia and International Humanitarian Law
		Edilma Ocampo and Stella Gil: Ocampo and Gil, her daughter, were seized at their home by paramilitaries belonging to the ACCU on February 21, 1996, in the village of Las Cañas, near Turbo, Antioquia.
		The report by the representative of the attorney general who recovered Valencia’s body noted that the head was found ten meters away from the body, which was found on the river bank.
		Guillermo León Barrera Henao, Francisco Javier Taborda Taborda, and Álvaro Vásquez: Barrera and Taborda, both professional drivers, were taken from their homes by ACCU members on June 13, 1996 in the Chocó hamlet known as El Siete.
	www.hrw.org /reports98/colombia/Colom989-04.htm (9867 words)

	Transportation in Colombia - TheBestLinks.com - Turbo, Cartagena, Leticia, Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport, ...
		Transportation in Colombia - TheBestLinks.com - Turbo, Cartagena, Leticia, Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport,...
		See also : Colombia, Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport.
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	www.thebestlinks.com /Transportation_in_Colombia.html (179 words)

	Colombia Human Rights Network Home Page
		·1 member of ACCU paramilitary group is killed during fighting with Army in Turbo, Urabá (Antioquia).
		Bishop had attended Security council in Carepa (Antioquia) where he had accused FARC of intermittently blocking roads in the region.
		He also says 29,032 out of total of 147,500 homicides in the area occurred in Valle del Aburrá (Antioquia).
	colhrnet.igc.org /newitems/sep02/abcolwk.830.htm (1540 words)

	storydetail.cfm?ID=5291
		The company maintains an office compound in Aparatado, which is southwest of Turbo near the Gulf of Urab and not many miles from the Panama border.
		Uniban growers produce in two regions along Colombia's Caribbean coast.
		In the compound, Uniban has modern offices, which include 30 houses for 22 farm-working families and a handful of homes for guests.
	www.producenews.com /storydetail.cfm?ID=5291 (793 words)

	Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - Jane's International Security News
		Five civilians were killed by FARC guerrillas in Turbo, Antioquia department.
		Five FARC guerrillas were killed when the organisation captured a number of towns in the departments of Cundinamarca, Huila and Cauca.
		The mayor of the Yondo municipality in the Antioquia department was kidnapped by FARC.
	www.janes.com /security/international_security/news/jwit/jwit001019_2_n.shtml (12004 words)

	Colombia
		Ports: Barranquilla, Buenaventura, Cartagena, Leticia, Puerto Bolivar, San Andres, Santa Marta, Tumaco, Turbo
		International disputes: maritime boundary dispute with Venezuela in the Gulf of Venezuela; territorial dispute with Nicaragua over Archipelago de San Andres y Providencia and Quita Sueno Bank
		Pipelines: crude oil 3,585 km; petroleum products 1,350 km; natural gas 830 km; natural gas liquids 125 km
	www.ems.psu.edu /~williams/states/co.htm (12004 words)

	Colombia
		Bahia de Portete, Barranquilla, Buenaventura, Cartagena, Leticia, Puerto Bolivar, San Andres, Santa Marta, Tumaco, Turbo.
		In Dec. 1999 the Colombian military reported that 2,787 people were kidnapped that year—the largest number in the world—and blamed rebels.
		Andrés Pastrana Arango was elected president in 1998, pledging to clean up corruption.
	www.factmonster.com /id/A0107419.html (12004 words)

	Colombia Report, English
		Ocaña, Calarcá, Girardota, Santander de Quilichao, Pitalito, Túquerres, Marinilla, Sabanalarga, Santa Rosa de Cabal, Dosquebradas, San Martín-Meta, Chocontá, La Dorada, Roldanillo, Chaparral, Yarumal, Turbo, Vélez
	www.property-registration.org /Documents/Colombia-rep-eng.htm (12004 words)

	Keyword
		"We have been given hope again," government Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo told the disarmament ceremony at a soccer stadium in Turbo, 310 miles northwest of the...
		Government peace commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo called the disarmament a significant move toward finally ending Colombia's four-decade war.
		Gathered inside Medellin's convention center, the 855 members of the Cacique Nutibara bloc sang the national anthem, then laid their rifles, ammunition belts and camouflage shirts in piles on the floor.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=auc (12004 words)

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