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Beyond Bogota Diary of a Drug War Journalist in Colombia

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ISBN-10: 0807061484

ISBN-13: 9780807061480

Edition: 2010

Authors: Garry Leech

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A firsthand account of Colombia's turmoil from a journalist who was held captive by rebel guerrillas Independent journalist Garry Leech has spent the last eight years working in the most remote and dangerous regions of Colombia. Unlike other Western reporters, most of whom rarely leave Bogota, Leech learns the truth about conflicts and the U.S. war on drugs directly from the source: farmers, male and female guerrillas, union organizers, indigenous communities, and many others. Beyond Bogotais framed around the eleven hours that Leech was held captive by the FARC, Colombia's largest leftist guerrilla group, in August 2006. Drawing on unprecedented access to soldiers, guerrillas,…    
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Book details

List price: $21.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 2/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

A note from the author
The First Hour: 10:00 a.m., August 16, 2006
Entering La Macarena; my detention
The Second Hour: 11:00 a.m., August 16,2006
My introduction to Latin America; a Salvadoran nightmare
The Third Hour: 12:00 p.m., August 16, 2006
The Panama invasion; Colombia's two faces-generosity and greed; indigenous villages and oil in Ecuador
The Fourth Hour: 1:00 p.m., August 16, 2006
Welcome to Farclandia; Commander Sim�n Trinidad and the rebel perspective; a meeting with Erika, a teenage FARC guerrilla; Geraldo Rivera visits the rebel safe haven
The Fifth Hour: 2:00 p.m., August 16, 2006
Investigating Plan Colombia; AUC commander Luis Enrique and the paramilitary perspective; a body in a hole
The Sixth Hour: 3:00 p.m., August 16, 2006
The displaced in Barranca; Gregorio and the landmine; the cocaine lab; collusion and murder in Puerto As�s
The Seventh Hour: 4:00 p.m., August 16, 2006
9/11 and the war on terror; detained by Carlos Casta�o's paramilitaries; the battle for Saravena, Colombia's "Little Sarajevo"; media and the official story
The Eighth Hour: 5:00 p.m., August 16, 2006
Displaced Afro-Colombian communities of the Choc�; the Bellavista tragedy; the plight of the indigenous Embera
The Ninth Hour: 6:00 p.m., August 16, 2006
The Plan Patriota offensive; the new coca plant; the predicament of Colombian journalists; Plan Colombia becomes Plan Petroleum
The Tenth Hour: 7:00 p.m., August 16, 2006
Mining multinationals and human rights; the displacement of Tabaco; indigenous massacres in La Guajira and Nari�o
The Eleventh Hour: 8:00 p.m., August 16, 2006
My release; chemical warfare in La Macarena
Epilogue: June 2007
Jungle rendezvous with FARC commander Ra�l Reyes; the prospects for peace
Timeline (1948-2007)
Acknowledgments
Index