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.
The road to Tumaco, 6 July
Published July 16, 2007
Carlos Avila Gonzalez and Phillip Robertson, for the Pulitzer Center
Tumaco, Colombia
We drove down out of the Andes on a switchback road through small towns that had experienced recent attacks by the FARC. As the mountains gave way to jungle and low hills, it was easy to see how the rebels could kill police officers and government soldiers without being caught. In the foothills of the Andes, thick forests run right up to the road, and fighters can move around the villages without detection. Every few miles, soldiers stopped all cars and questioned the drivers.
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...
