Weekly News Update on the Americas August 20, 2000 Columbia ARMY KILLS SIX SCHOOLCHILDREN Six children were killed and five others wounded on August 15 when Colombian soldiers fired at a group of 30 elementary school students who were on a class hiking trip in the countryside of Pueblo Rico municipality, in the south of Antioquia department. The dead were between the ages of 6 and 11; the oldest of the wounded was a 15-year-old girl who was accompanying the trip: http://www.americas.org/news/nir/20000820_army_kills_six_schoolchildren.asp KILLINGS AN EMBARRASSMENT The New York Times noted that the killing of the school children by Colombian forces "came at a particularly embarrassing moment for [Colombian president Andres Pastrana Arango], who is preparing for [US president Bill] Clintons six-hour visit on August 30.": http://www.americas.org/news/nir/20000820_killings_an_embarrassment.asp ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Global Exchange Action Alert July 26, 2000 TELL YOUR LEADERS: JUST SAY NO! NO Certification, NO Waiver on Human Rights Conditions on Aid; Human Rights Violations in Colombia Should Not Be Funded with US Tax Dollars: http://www.globalexchange.org/colombia/action072600.html -30- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN-ANNOUNCE: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network - Announcements -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe%20laamn-announce> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=subscribe%20laamn-announce> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=subscribe%20laamn-announce-digest> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=laamn-announce> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn-announce> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive3: <http://archive.tao.ca> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- <home.labridge.com/~laamn> | LAAMN | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
