CPTnet
October 15, 2002
COLOMBIA: I cried for Colombia

by Scott Albrecht

[Note: The Colombia Team posted this reflection to their direct list on
October 8, 2002.]

Last Friday I cried for Colombia. Perhaps what is most surprising
about that is that I hadn't cried sooner in the last month that I have
been here. I have encountered members of all the armed groups: the
paramilitaries, the army, and two different guerilla groups. The
impact of last Friday morning was especially strong, however.

   That day my co-worker Ben Horst and I were visiting a village in the
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