A collection of interviews and commentaries on Colombia from Worldview, Chicago Public Radio's international news analysis program hosted by Jerome McDonnell (WBEZ 91.5 FM, Monday-Friday 12-1 pm).
August 1, 2006
Colombia—Disarmament Program under the Microscope
Edwin Koopman, Radio Netherlands
May 22, 2006
Colombia—Indigenous and Campesino Farmers Protest U.S. Fair Trade Pact
Manuel Rozental, Coordinator of Communications and Foreign Affairs, Nasa Indigenous Community in the Northern Cauca Region of Colombia
May 8, 2006
Colombia—Indigenous and Afro Groups Face Atrocities
Manuel Rozental, Coordinator of Communications and Foreign Affairs, Nasa Indigenous Community, Northern Cauca Region of Colombia
Ruth Goring, Co-Director, Chicagoans for a Peaceful Colombia
February 6 , 2006
Colombia—Corporate Land Seizures and Human Rights Violations
Jose Rafael Figueroa, Lawyer
Enrique Manuel Petro, Campesino Farmer and Land Rights Activist
October 21, 2005
Colombia—Afro-Colombians and Indigenous People Unite for Justice
Cacarica Community (CAVIDA) representative
July 13, 2005
Colombia—Amnesty for Paramilitaries and Guerrillas
Doug Cassel, Director of Northwestern University's Center for International Human Rights
April 19, 2005
Displaced Afro-Colombians
Association of Displaced Afro-Colombians
March 4, 2005
Colombia: International Women’s Day and Indigenous Issues
U’wa Defense Project
October 5, 2004
Remembering the Disappeared
Ruth Goring , Chicagoans for a Peaceful Colombia
J.J. Hill, Spanish Teacher, New Trier High School
May 20, 2004
Global Activism Story: Helping the Afro-Colombian Population
Ruth Goring, Chicagoans for a Peaceful Colombia
April 29, 2004
Paramilitary Leader Missing
Robin Kirk , Colombia researcher for Human Rights Watch and author of the book, More Terrible than Death: Massacres, Drugs, and America's War in Colombia
September 10, 2003
Colombian President attacks human rights workers.
Doug Cassel, Director of Northwestern University's Center for International Human Rights
July 31, 2003
Oppression of Afro Colombians
Ruth Goring, Chicagoans for a Peaceful Colombia
April 30, 2003
Coca-cola accused of labor abuses and collusion with death squads
Luis Adolfo Cardona, former union worker in Coca-Cola bottling plant in Colombia
April 30, 2003
Coca-Cola response
Rodrigo Calderon, Coca-Cola's Vice President of Communications for Latin America
February 28, 2003
Kidnapped in Colombia
Ruth Morris, Journalist, correspondent for the Los Angeles Times
February 28, 2003
Human Rights Atrocities in Colombia
Doug Cassel, Director of Northwestern University's Center for International Human Rights
February 7, 2003
Will the International Criminal Court reach Colombia?
Doug Cassel, Director of Northwestern University's Center for International Human Rights
February 4, 2003.
U.S. role in Colombia.
Robin Kirk, Colombia researcher for Human Rights Watch and author of More Terrible Than Death: Massacres, Drugs, and America’s War in Colombia
December 4, 2002
Colombia: Santo Domingo, part 2
Doug Cassel, Director of Northwestern University's Center for International Human Rights
December 3, 2002
Colombia: Santo Domingo, part 1
Doug Cassel, Director of Northwestern University's Center for International Human Rights
November 26, 2002
Can secret Colombian peace talks bear fruit?
Robin Kirk, Colombia researcher for Human Rights Watch
September 26, 2002
Colombia and the U.S. drug war
Sanho Tree, Director of the Drug Policy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington D.C.
September 24, 2002.
U.S.-Colombia Relations and the Impact of Conflict on Afro-Colombians
Luis Gilberto Murillo, Former Governor of Chocó; Advocacy Director for Lutheran World Relief
May 28, 2000
Alvaro Uribe wins landslide election
Robin Kirk, Colombia researcher for Human Rights Watch
May 28, 2002
Young people working for peace in Colombia
Juan Elias Uribe, founding member of the Colombian Children's Peace Movement
May 3, 2002
Colombia's Pacific Coast: Impact of War on Afro Colombian Communities
Dalia Mina Valencia, Secretary of the Process of Black Communities
March 20, 2002
Colombia Update
Robin Kirk, Colombia researcher for Human Rights Watch
January 16, 2002
Colombia's on-again off-again peace negotiations
Doug Cassel, Director of Northwestern University's Center for International Human Rights
January 15, 2002
Peace negotiations revived for the moment.
Robin Kirk, Colombia researcher for Human Rights Watch
January 14, 2002
Breakdown of peace process.
Robin Kirk, Colombia researcher for Human Rights Watch
October 4, 2001
Violence in Colombia threaten peace process
Russell Crandall, Professor at Davidson College
July 18, 2001
Rebel Abuses of Human Rights Worsening
Robin Kirk, Colombia researcher for Human Rights Watch
June 8, 2001
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Gabriel Izquierdo, Colombian Jesuit priest, member of the National Peace Council
May 9, 2001
Combating Kidnapping in Colombia.
Salud Hernandez, Journalist and founder of Pais Libre (Free Country) an organization dedicated to training people how to avoid and survive kidnappings
March 26, 2001
Looking Plan Colombia in the Mouth:
Politicians Tour Colombia. Perspective one
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) — 9th Congressional District
March 26, 2001
Looking Plan Colombia in the Mouth:
Politicians Tour Colombia. Perspective two
Congressman Curt Weldon (R-PA)
February 27, 2001
Perspectives on Plan Colombia
Michael Shifter, Program director, Inter-American Dialogue's Democratic Governance program and adjunct professor of Latin American studies, Georgetown University
February 27, 2001
Perspectives on Plan Colombia
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), 9th Congressional District
February 27, 2001
Perspectives on Plan Colombia
Congressman Mark Souder (R-IN), 4th Congressional District (surrounds Fort Wayne), Chairman of the Government Reform Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources
February 27, 2001
Perspectives on Plan Colombia
Russell Crandall, assistant professor of political science, Davidson College
February 27, 2001
Perspectives on Plan Colombia
Max Manwaring, professor of military strategy, United States Army War College
February 6, 2000
Colombia Update
Robin Kirk, Colombia researcher for Human Rights Watch
January 17, 2001
To Waive or Not to Waive: Will Clinton Certify Aid to Colombia Despite Poor Human Rights Record?
Doug Cassel, Director of Northwestern University's Center for International Human Rights
January 9, 2001
Human Rights in Colombia
Russell Crandall, Professor of Political Science at Davidson College
December 15, 2000
Tribunal of Opinion Delivers Ruling on Santo Domingo Massacre. Audio Sounds from the Tribunal
Chicago Public Radio’s Jesse Hardman
December 15, 2000
Tribunal of Opinion Delivers Ruling on Santo Domingo Massacre. Findings of Colombia Tribunal on Santo Domingo case
Doug Cassel, Director of Northwestern University's Center for International Human Rights
September 22, 2000
US Contributions to Colombian Human Rights Abuses (second in a two part discussion)
Javier Giraldo, Colombian Jesuit priest and author of the book "Genocidal Democracy"
September 21, 2000
Impunity in Colombia (first in a two part discussion)
Javier Giraldo, Colombian Jesuit priest, former Executive Director of the Intercongregational Commission for Justice and Peace, and author of the book "Genocidal Democracy"
August 23, 2000
Human Rights Concerns not to Stand in Way of Colombian Aid Package
Doug Cassel, Director of Northwester University's Center for International Human Rights
August 17, 2000
Colombian Military's Human Rights Record Threatens U.S. Aid Package
Robin Kirk, Colombia researcher for Human Rights Watch
July 28, 2000
Indigenous Colombians Plea to Prevent Oil Pipeline.
Roberto and Gilberto Cobaria, Colombia's U'wa tribe
December 1, 1998
U.S.'s new financial aid package to fight drugs in Colombia
Dr. Mark Chernik, Professor of government and Latin American Studies at Georgetown University
