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‘First they brought two helicopters, after they landed two more, unloaded troops and went away. But it was listened that they launched two bombs there down in Santa Rosa, a place near here. It was morning when they began the fights and at the lunch time they still on it. Three persons of the community sat outside their house taking lunch. The army came shooting, the three young men ran and took refuge in the kitchen, they closed the door, but three soldiers went behind them and shot to the kitchen’s door. One of the soldiers kicked the door and said: Shit! The fucked! The three brothers remained there, together, dead.’
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The Korean-American Asian film producer, Roy Lee, visited Medellín invited by the Contento Pictures‘ film entrepreneur Alejandro Arango. Other prominent Hollywood figures like Bill Choi, Stuart Manashill and Sebastián Aloi were in the excursion to the Andean city to know places for future productions, according to the Antioquia’s government that supports the Arango’s initiative.
President Juan Manuel Santos opened the 50th anniversary of Juan Valdez in Bogotá yesterday in the main headquarters of the National Federation of Coffee growers. It is also the beginning of different programs in 18 places of Colombia, especially in the coffee regions. In his presidential speech inauguration, Santos put Juan Valdez, a fictional Colombian character to promote internationally the national coffee, as the model of what the farmers should be. ‘Let us defend the Colombian farmer, let us make him an enterpriser, to support him with technologies and credits, to make every farmer a prosperous Juan Valdez,‘ he said.
At about 4 AM (UTC -5) the Galeras Volcano, near the south-western city of Pasto, presented a minor eruption. It was declared in RED ALERT by Ingeominas, the Colombian observatory for volcanoes’ activities. The alert was estated at 4:00 AM of August 25. Galeras began heavy activity since last August 20, while in 21 the observatories of Ingeominas in the area registered several earthquakes related to processes of crustal material fracturing, especially at 2:26 and 11:07. The earthquakes were felt by the inhabitants of Pasto (about 400 thousand persons.)
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The 85 percent of those who have been arrested by the Police of Cali with illegal gangs, are now on the streets, said Cali’s major Jorge Iván Ospina to Caracol Radio. He said also that the Democratic Security, the government’s program to reduce the influence of armed illegal groups like paramilitaries and guerrilla in Colombia, must be done also in cities like Cali that is a victim of gangs and criminality.
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The proposal of the FARC guerrilla to the Union of South American Nations, UNASUR, to offer a dialog of peace was rejected by president Juan Manuel Santos. The communication of the insurgent group was published by Annacol, the official website of the armed group, where it is said that the Colombian government ‘closed any door to dialogue with the insurgency spurred on by the mirage of a military victory and Washington’s interference.’ Santos answered that the government wants that the guerrilla releases the hostages. The president said also that there is not the need of mediators.
The Constitutional Court approved a law that would change the name of ElDorado Airport for Luis Carlos Galán. The law is unpopular, at least for more than 9 thousand Facebookers that created a group against the norm. A group of citizens look to reverse the decision leaded by Albeiro Ulloa, who said to the press that the country must preserve the ancestral memory of the indigenous peoples. Luis Carlos Galán was a great political leader and it is needed to remind of his tragedy and importance, but there are many other ways to do so. ElDorado is a very original name and the decision to change its name was not consulted to the Colombians.
A new terrorist attack of gangs in Medellín this weekend, this time in the easter barrio of Manrique Santa Inés, Northeast Commune. Gangs attacked during the night of Friday some houses of the barrio. There were also disturbances in the 13th Commune’s Barrio Juan XIII, reported the Police of Medellín. Major Alonso Salazar said that it is the intention of the criminals to involve civilians in the conflict. The barrio was militarized by army and police and a man was killed in clashes. The man was identified as alias El Viejo (The Elder) and he was the chief of Los Balcones, a criminal terrorist gang heavy involved with mafia and murders. The criminal has been arrested several times, but he was always released without any prosecutions, although several evidences to prove his participation in terrorism and drug trafficking.
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It seems that the fiery speeches of some weeks ago are now history. Traders, especially from Colombia, are optimistic, while Colombian congressmen recommend prudence. Last week both governments declared that the two South American countries are again in full diplomatic and political relations. The words of president Hugo Chávez changed drastically to a more friendly speech, even saying that he does not matter if the rightist governs Colombia.
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In August 2009 a Thai court denied the US extradition request of Viktor Bout, the Russian that is accused of supply weapons to the Farc, because that court did not consider the Colombian guerrilla a terrorist organization. However, a heavy US pressure over Thailand caused a new result: Bout is going to face an American court, even if Russia thinks that it is a political motivated decision.
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