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		<title>&#8216;Colombian cities should stop taking care of the displaced&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article was published on Colombia Reports. As long as the Colombian government doesn’t properly address the causes behind the country’s huge internal displacement problem, big cities like Bogota and Medellin should refuse to take care of the victims, says &#8230; <a href="http://leimac.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/colombian-cities-should-stop-taking-care-of-the-displaced/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leimac.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2587034&amp;post=103&amp;subd=leimac&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Three big Colombian hits of the moment</title>
		<link>http://leimac.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/three-big-colombian-hits-of-the-moment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leimac</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catalina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cauca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colombian music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jhonny Rivera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La numero 10]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[machismo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nariño]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The turn of the year traditionally is a time of  greatest hits in Colombia. Travelling  with friends through the southern departments of Cauca, Nariño and Putumayo in December and January, we heard the same three songs in almost every bus &#8230; <a href="http://leimac.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/three-big-colombian-hits-of-the-moment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leimac.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2587034&amp;post=97&amp;subd=leimac&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hiking in Colombia: El Cocuy</title>
		<link>http://leimac.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/hiking-in-colombia-el-cocuy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leimac</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cocuy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The department of Boyaca is home to one of Colombia’s most pristine mountain ranges, the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy. With an elevation of over 5,000 meters and counting more than 25 snow-covered peaks, these solitary mountains are every mountaineer’s wet &#8230; <a href="http://leimac.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/hiking-in-colombia-el-cocuy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leimac.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2587034&amp;post=78&amp;subd=leimac&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Uribe refuses to take responsibility for his failures&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conflict]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[León Valencia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuevo Arco Iris]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier published on Colombia Reports Colombian President Alvaro Uribe avoids debate over his policies by disqualifying any opposition or criticism as support for the FARC or anti-patriotic to avoid taking responsibility for his own failures, says Leon Valencia, director of &#8230; <a href="http://leimac.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/uribe-refuses-to-take-responsibility-for-his-failures/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leimac.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2587034&amp;post=74&amp;subd=leimac&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hiking around Bogota: Paramo de Sumapaz</title>
		<link>http://leimac.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/hiking-around-bogota-paramo-de-sumapaz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leimac</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bogotá]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The territory of the Bogota Capital District may bear the environmental impacts of Colombia’s biggest metropolis, it also harbors a unique, yet not very well-known nature reserve. (Published earlier on Colombia Reports) Situated in Bogota’s largest and mainly rural locality &#8230; <a href="http://leimac.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/hiking-around-bogota-paramo-de-sumapaz/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leimac.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2587034&amp;post=71&amp;subd=leimac&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ezel verkracht bij overval</title>
		<link>http://leimac.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/ezel-verkracht-bij-overval/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leimac</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Voor de jeugdige overvallers die donderdagochtend Nederlandse tijd in het Colombiaanse Cartagena een circus beroofden was de gebruikelijke buit blijkbaar niet bevredigend. Ze vergrepen zich tijdens de overval aan een vrouwtjesezel, het enige aanwezige circusdier. *Artikel eerder gepubliceerd op http://www.depers.nl/opmerkelijk/339971/Ezel-verkracht-bij-overval.html &#8230; <a href="http://leimac.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/ezel-verkracht-bij-overval/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leimac.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2587034&amp;post=69&amp;subd=leimac&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ELN website runs comfortably on Dutch server</title>
		<link>http://leimac.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/eln-website-runs-comfortably-on-dutch-server/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leimac</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[FARC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guerrilla]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* This article was published on Colombia Reports. A Dutch version of this article was published on Webwereld. Despite being regarded a terrorist organization by the European Union, the website of Colombia&#8217;s second largest guerrilla group ELN runs comfortably on &#8230; <a href="http://leimac.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/eln-website-runs-comfortably-on-dutch-server/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leimac.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2587034&amp;post=64&amp;subd=leimac&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bogota off the beaten track</title>
		<link>http://leimac.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/bogota-off-the-beaten-track/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leimac</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bogotá]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[caminata]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hernando Gomez]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Psychologist and politician Hernando Gómez takes tourists to places in Bogota where you generally are happy to stay far away from. His tours offer you a peek in the life of the city’s lowest classes. Article published on Colombia Passport. &#8230; <a href="http://leimac.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/bogota-off-the-beaten-track/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leimac.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2587034&amp;post=61&amp;subd=leimac&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Personas de la calle</title>
		<link>http://leimac.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/personas-de-la-calle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leimac</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week I&#8217;m indulging myself in Bogotá&#8217;s street life. Monday evening I went for a walk through the Santa Fe-barrio, one of the city&#8217;s red light districts and a very tricky neighbourhood controlled by paramilitary bands. To be sure, I &#8230; <a href="http://leimac.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/personas-de-la-calle/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leimac.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2587034&amp;post=48&amp;subd=leimac&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bogotá veilig?</title>
		<link>http://leimac.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/bogota-veilig/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bogotá is statistisch gezien een relatief veilige stad, de slechte buurten op de berghellingen in het zuiden en uiterste noorden daargelaten. Ik ben daar nog niet geweest, maar wil er wel een keer heen, onder begeleiding, zonder geld en dingen &#8230; <a href="http://leimac.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/bogota-veilig/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leimac.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2587034&amp;post=37&amp;subd=leimac&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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