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Hi, Wes: <br>
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Can you give us a hint of what, if anything, she says about US
involvement in Columbia? <br>
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US involvement in Columbia has been documented elsewhere. For
example, the meticulously documented McCoy (2003) The Politics of
Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade: Afghanistan,
Southeast Asia, Central America, Columbia (Lawrence Hill Books)
strongly suggests that if drugs were legalized in the US, it could
be a great advance for democracy in many parts of the world, e.g.,
Columbia, Afghanistan, Mexico. <br>
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Thanks, <br>
Spencer <br>
p.s. Betancourt did NOT get along well with fellow captives from
the US, who claimed she was arrogant, demanding more than her share
of limited food and living space because of her high status. This
may work in Columbian and French society, but her American fellow
captives were negatively impressed. (<a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Dngrid_Betancourt">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Dngrid_Betancourt</a>)<br>
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On 12/19/2010 8:52 AM, Wes Rolley wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:4D0E3837.5010907@charter.net" type="cite">It
may seem like a rush to judgment, but I will recommend a book for
all to read after completing less that half of it (220 of 528
pages).
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I'm currently reading "Even Silence Has an End" by Ingrid
Betancourt. You may remember that Betancourt was the Green Party
candidate for President of Columbia when she was captured and held
hostage by the FARC. This book tells of her 6 and a half years
of captivity in Columbia's jungles and her final rescue.
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More that a mere chronicle of events, or a political statement,
Betancourt has written a spiritual memoir detailing her times of
self examination and her effort to not merely survive, but to
survive with her soul intact.
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There are 13 copies in the Santa Clara County Library
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://sccl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1423594016_even_silence_has_an_end"><http://sccl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1423594016_even_silence_has_an_end></a>
system and the reserve list is currently at 25.
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