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George Black
In June 1982, Israeli armored divisions invaded Lebanon. At once, the parallels resonated through Central American militar- ies.
Fall Colombia Seminar Slated Washington's School of Ad- vanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University will host a seminar this September on the current situation in Colombia. NACLA, the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), the Colom- bian Human Rights Committee of Washington and SAIS are co-spon- soring the meeting.
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"Colombia has been the United States' most consistent, ingratiating ally in the hemisphere, if not the world." "To speak of Colombia as a responsible power with which one should have relations is perfectly absurd.
Carol Barton
"Terrorists! Tonight we will enter your homes, we'll eat your guts, drink your blood, cut off your heads and gouge out your eyes!" -Chanted by Sinchis in the streets of Ayacucho There is another civil war in La- tin America--one that has barely come to the attention of the media. In the remote hills of Peru's An- dean department (state) of Aya- cucho, the Army and specially trained counterinsurgency police known as Sinchis are battling an enigmatic Maoist guerrilla group, Sendero Luminoso (SL).
"Betancur saw the opportunity for Colombia to play a positive, independent role in the Caribbean basin, and he seized it." Belisario Betancur moved quickly to chart a new international course for Colombia.
Robert Armstrong
"Transmite Radio Venceremos, expre- sion del poder popular. Emitiendo su serial de libertad desde territorios controlados por nuestro pueblo en ar- mas .
"Ten huge financial groups determined its political future." Some changes in Colombia's foreign policy were expected under the new liberal govern- ment of Conservative President Betancur.