The government of Colombian president Alvaro Uribe has been paralyzed by allegations that highly placed officials colluded with paramilitary groups implicated in assassinations and drug smuggling, even as Uribe presses the United States for a lucrative trade deal and to continue its massive flow of military and counter-narcotics aid.
Map of Journey in Nariño
Published July 20, 2007
Carlos Avila Gonzalez and Phillip Robertson, for the Pultizer Center
Narino, Colombia
Our route through the southern Colombian Andes to the Rio Tapaje.
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When the trumpet sounded,
everything was prepared on earth,
and Jehovah divided the world
among Coca-Cola Inc., Anaconda,
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Carlos Avila Gonzalez joined The San Francisco Chronicle in 1997 and has become a leader in the photography department's shift to multimedia reporting. A native of the San Francisco Bay...
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Since 2001, Phillip Robertson has been covering the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq for the American news and culture website, Salon.com. He has also reported for TIME magazine, BBC World...
