[1944] in peace2
10/03, 7 pm: "Colombia in 2003: What's at Stake?"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Monami Chakrabarti)
Mon Sep 30 10:43:50 2002
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The MIT Western Hemisphere Project & MIT Amnesty International present ...
Colombia in 2003: What's At Stake?
* Carolina Aldana,
MINGA: Asociación para la Promoción Social Alternativa
* Eder Jair Sanchez,
Asociación Nacional de Campesinos
7 pm, Thursday, October 3
MIT Room 3-133
The event is open to all; admission is free
but voluntary contributions will be appreciated.
Details
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Why did the _Chicago_Tribune_ say in a recent editorial that
"more military intervention or aid to Colombia -- under any
guise -- would be a serious blunder"? We will ask two Colombian
peace activists to explain. Carolina Aldana works for MINGA, a
human-rights organization, in north-western Colombia. She will
talk about the work she does to strengthen civilian organizations
working for peace. Eder Jair Sanchez, an attorney in Putumayo
(southern Colombia), works with peasant farmers who have rejected
coca as a source of income. Putumayo is the focus of a US-backed
defoliation program that Eder will describe. Together, Eder and
Carolina will discuss the on-going civil war in Colombia; the
actions taken by the new Uribe government; and the impact of US
policy on the lives of ordinary Colombians -- who only want to
be left in peace by all sides in this brutally violent conflict.
This event is organized by the MIT Western Hemisphere Project and
by the MIT chapter of Amnesty International (for more information,
see http://web.mit.edu/hemisphere/events/at-stake.shtml).
Directions to MIT Room 3-133
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See http://web.mit.edu/hemisphere/directions/
Contact
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If you need more information or if you want to let us know what you
think of the program, you can reach us at <hemisphere-admin@mit.edu>
or on the web at http://web.mit.edu/hemisphere/feedback/
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