Meanwhile, for all you mineheads piling into Colombia juniors on the advice of corrupt Canadian brokerages without a second thought.....

.... just keep repeating that mantra of yours, dumbasses:

Colombia good...no risk...war over....no threat....moral investment
Colombia good...no risk...war over....no threat....moral investment
Colombia good...no risk...war over....no threat....moral investment
Colombia good...no risk...war over....no threat....moral investment
Colombia good...no risk...war over....no threat....moral investment

Photo stolen shamelessly from da boorev (complete with typo if you look carefully)


Report from LAHT:

BOGOTA – A dozen municipal council members have been killed so far this year in Colombia and more than 2,000 others have received threats from guerrillas and other illegal armed groups, officials said on Tuesday.

“Two councilors are kidnapped, attacks have been made against some 32 councilors and more than 2,000 councilors today have security measures known by the national government,” Colombian Federation of Councilors spokesman Fabio Estrada told Caracol Radio.

Colombia’s municipal council members must also deal with “a situation of neglect that affects their security,” Estrada said.

Over the weekend, a member of the city council in Villavicencio, the capital of Meta province, was killed during CONTINUES HERE

Here's one of about ten thousand reports on the connections between Uribe's gov't and far right wing death squads:

BOGOTA - Colombian prosecutors have decided to open an investigation into the alleged ties between Vice President Francisco Santos and right-wing militias CONTINUES HERE

And especially for you guys that think Norte de Santander (GSL, VEN, plenty others) have no problems...

Irregular armed groups from Colombia have been active for years in Táchira, an Andean highlands state that borders the northeastern Colombian department of Norte de Santander.

DYODD dude, and while you're at it why not ask your financial advisor about the conspiracy of silence amongst mining analysts about the total lack of talk on political risk in Colombia?