Profile: Lifestyle of the Colombians in a region that the guerrillas took over

From: All Things Considered (NPR) | Date: July 19, 1999| Author: ROBERT SIEGEL | Copyright information


NPR All Things Considered

07-19-1999

Profile: Lifestyle of the Colombians in a region that the guerrillas took over

Host: ROBERT SIEGEL
Time: 8:00-9:00 PM

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Peace talks were supposed to resume in Colombia today, but they've been postponed indefinitely because of a dispute over who will monitor them. Negotiations between the government and leftist rebels began earlier this year in a region in southern Colombia. The gove...

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