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Media coverage: Indigenous and Popular March heads for Bogotá
Plan de Agresión Cauca Spanish 6.30 mins http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_a7TwMVB8_s&NR=1 Indigenous Protests in Colombia English 2 mins http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jfPqa6Hci20&NR=1 Two dead, 100 hurt in Colombian clashes 3mins http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/10/15/colombia.clashes/index.html#cnnSTCVideo Riots break out in Colombia 1:30 http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/10/15/colombia.clashes/index.html#cnnSTCVideo October 23, 2008: Colombia's indigenous protest against Uribe Thousands gather for 62-mile march to demand justice and land http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=2611 La fuerza pública nos asesinan y exigen disculpas 3.25 min Spanish http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=KS6zqMPS34k Colombian authorities shoot at indigenous protesters 4mins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjbYKQAapak CNN Video may show Colombian police firing shots during protest 3.13 mins http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/10/22/colombia.shooting.video/index.html?eref=edition_americas#cnnSTCVideo Traditional Colombian justice 2:22 CNN's Karl Penhaul shows what happened to a captured soldier, as confrontation grows between Colombia's army and Indians. Hollman Morris Contra Via Spanish 9.25 min 26/10/2008 Casas Indigenas http://www.contravia.tv/?p=78&langswitch_lang=en Hollman Morris Uribe in La Maria 3 parts 27 mins (parts 2 and 3) http://www.contravia.tv/?p=84 Protestas contra Alvaro Uribe en Washington, DC - 1 de 2 http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=WvywjlvZyM4&feature=related |
Watch online - Plan Colombia
A 20-year "war on drugs" in Colombia has been paid for by the U.S. taxpayers. Still more and more drugs and narco-dollars are entering the U.S. every year. Is it a mere failure by Washington? Or is it a smokescreen to secure Colombia's oil & natural resources?
Watch online - Until the final stone
The documentary tells the history of a community of peasant farmers in Colombia, accosted by the bullets of the armed groups, who resist categorically, the pressure of violence.
Watch online - The Red Dance (El Baile Rojo)
A documentary about a political party in Colombia called the Patriotic Union (la Union Patriotica). About 4000 of its members where killed in a genocide managed by politicians, paramilitaries and militaries in a plan cynically called "the red dance".
Watch online Lucha!
Lucha is a documentary about the students and the struggle for human rights in Colombia. Through the eyes of 5 students, the film explores what it means to be a refugee in one’s own country.
Watch online Dispatches: Mark Thomas on Coca Cola
Political activist, comedian and journalist Mark Thomas travels to South America, India and the US to investigate the way in which the drink's suppliers operate, and uncovers evidence which could tarnish the reputation of the successful brand.
Watch online - Territorio pacificado
A film about the peace community San José de Apartadó
Watch online - Empire in the Andes
The documentary takes a critical look at the strategies and effects of US foreign and economic policy in Latin America, especially in Colombia and Ecuador.