CPTnet
October 11, 2001
COLOMBIA: Building peace one game at a time

by Scott Kerr

Soccer is very important to the people of Colombia. Ceasefires have
been negotiated around soccer games. More recently the spirits of
Colombians were lifted as the National Selection team won the Americas Cup,
the equivalent of the Super Bowl in Latin America.

We were excited about using the energy and competition around soccer to help
with the reconciliation process in the zone where CPT maintains a presence.

It all began a few weeks ago. Pierre Shantz and I visited a community a
hour and a half upstream from