La “extensión” política  de los paramilitares
The Christian Science Monitor (Boston) Colombia to expose militia's reach
By Sibylla Brodzinsky
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA – In Colombia's corridors of power, the tension is almost palpable. People worry and wonder who might be the next target in a widening probe into connections between politicians and the country's powerful right-wing militias that used terror and intimidation to impose their will on the population. Six pro-government lawmakers face questioning by the Supreme Court this week over their alleged links to paramilitary forces in their home provinces in a scandal that is rocking the country's political establishment to its core. ver más>> 

ACNUR preocupada por la violencia contra las mujeres desplazadas  
Reuters UNHCR puts spotlight on violence against displaced women in Colombia
By Marie-Helene Verney
BOGOTA, Colombia, December 4 (UNHCR) – As the UN refugee agency once again takes part in an annual campaign aimed at eliminating violence against women, statistics for Colombia paint a grim picture. An average of a woman a day dies because of the armed conflict in Colombia – some 1,600 women in the past four years either killed as a result of combat or summarily executed by one of the country's various armed groups, according to the Colombian Commission of Jurists. ver más>> 

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