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		<title>The Colombia Herald will remain on hiatus</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Raúl van der Weyden Velásquez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due to several commitments at my job and new assignments as part of the brand new equinoXio english edition, I&#8217;m afraid this blog will continue on hiatus by now. Next week I&#8217;ll return to Global Voices, with a post on &#8230; <a href="http://colombiaherald.wordpress.com/2008/02/09/the-colombia-herald-will-remain-on-hiatus/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombiaherald.wordpress.com&amp;blog=743121&amp;post=36&amp;subd=colombiaherald&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The biggest hail storm ever recorded in Bogotá</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Raúl van der Weyden Velásquez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo by edahurtado/Flickr Photo by lilianazombie/Flickr On Saturday, a lot of rain and hail fell all over Bogotá, Colombia&#8217;s capital city. According to IDEAM, Colombia&#8217;s meteorological institute, the blame goes to La Niña, which will cause even more rain until &#8230; <a href="http://colombiaherald.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/the-biggest-hail-storm-ever-recorded-in-bogota/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombiaherald.wordpress.com&amp;blog=743121&amp;post=35&amp;subd=colombiaherald&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Colombia, even dogs are kidnapped (and freed) [video]</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 23:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Raúl van der Weyden Velásquez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Colombia is the world&#8217;s kidnapping capital. Right now, more than 3,000 remain in captivity, most of them by FARC guerrillas. The so-called &#8220;humanitarian swap&#8221;, which is being pushed by senator Piedad Córdoba (Colombian Liberal Party) with Hugo Chávez, would only &#8230; <a href="http://colombiaherald.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/in-colombia-even-dogs-are-kidnapped-video/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombiaherald.wordpress.com&amp;blog=743121&amp;post=34&amp;subd=colombiaherald&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>False quake alarm in Bogotá [video]</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2007 22:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Raúl van der Weyden Velásquez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ignorance. That&#8217;s the word which would summarize what happened on Tuesday 28 August in Bogotá. After Peru&#8217;s earthquake, and as every time a quake happens near Colombia, Bogotans remember, again, they should be prepared for this kind of disasters, but &#8230; <a href="http://colombiaherald.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/false-quake-alarm-in-bogota-video/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombiaherald.wordpress.com&amp;blog=743121&amp;post=33&amp;subd=colombiaherald&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taxi drivers block Bogotá streets in protest [video]</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Raúl van der Weyden Velásquez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday (27 July), Bogotá woke up with its main avenues blocked. The powerful taxi drivers&#8217; group did it in protest because 8 of them have been murdered this year, the latest one, Mario Orlando Velásquez, 39, on Thursday night. &#8230; <a href="http://colombiaherald.wordpress.com/2007/08/02/taxi-drivers-block-bogota-streets-in-protest-video/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombiaherald.wordpress.com&amp;blog=743121&amp;post=32&amp;subd=colombiaherald&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Colombian senators scorn victims of guerrilla and paramilitary violence [video]</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2007 22:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Raúl van der Weyden Velásquez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The above Caracol TV news report compares the way Colombian Senate treated pro-Cuban ELN leader Francisco Galán and paramilitary leaders Salvatore Mancuso, Ramón Isaza, and Iván Duque alias Ernesto Báez three years ago, with its scorn and indifference towards 30 &#8230; <a href="http://colombiaherald.wordpress.com/2007/07/28/colombian-senators-scorn-victims-of-guerrilla-and-paramilitary-violence-video/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombiaherald.wordpress.com&amp;blog=743121&amp;post=31&amp;subd=colombiaherald&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Colombians protest against kidnappings</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 03:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Raúl van der Weyden Velásquez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the murder of 11 deputies by FARC guerrillas, Colombians decided to go to the streets and yell &#8220;No More Kidnappings&#8220;. It started as a citizen initiative, but soon the democratic security government, big companies and mainstream media supported it &#8230; <a href="http://colombiaherald.wordpress.com/2007/07/07/colombians-protest-against-kidnappings/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombiaherald.wordpress.com&amp;blog=743121&amp;post=30&amp;subd=colombiaherald&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Paramilitary leader&#8217;s &#8220;self-interview&#8221; causes outrage</title>
		<link>http://colombiaherald.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/paramilitary-leaders-self-interview-causes-outrage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Raúl van der Weyden Velásquez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paid advertising featuring an interview with paramilitary chief Macaco, published on El Espectador (clic the picture to see the full page&#8230; I apologize for the bad quality of the picture) On Saturday, weekly newspaper El Espectador published on his page &#8230; <a href="http://colombiaherald.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/paramilitary-leaders-self-interview-causes-outrage/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombiaherald.wordpress.com&amp;blog=743121&amp;post=27&amp;subd=colombiaherald&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Colombian television nostalgia [videos]</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 03:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Raúl van der Weyden Velásquez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First, I must apologize for the lack of updates on this blog. I&#8217;ve been quite busy at work, but I&#8217;m back. I&#8217;ll bring you a lot of what Colombian blogosphere said about paramilitary chief Salvatore Mancuso&#8217;s deposition last week in &#8230; <a href="http://colombiaherald.wordpress.com/2007/05/24/colombian-television-nostalgia-videos/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombiaherald.wordpress.com&amp;blog=743121&amp;post=26&amp;subd=colombiaherald&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More on Fernando Vallejo nationality issue; VP Santos controversial TV interview</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 03:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Raúl van der Weyden Velásquez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I picked up some of the Colombian blogosphere reactions to controversial writer Fernando Vallejo&#8217;s renounce to Colombian nationality. Today appeared two more posts about it which are quite worthy. The first one is from DieGoth, a right-winger writing on &#8230; <a href="http://colombiaherald.wordpress.com/2007/05/09/more-on-fernando-vallejo-nationality-issue-vp-santos-controversial-tv-interview/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombiaherald.wordpress.com&amp;blog=743121&amp;post=25&amp;subd=colombiaherald&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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