www.bogotafreeplanet.com en Bogota Free Planet Copyright 2008 2008-05-12T19:04:00-04:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/article/872 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/article/872#When:15:09:57 UN agencies, especially the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) and its offspring the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), were orchestrated to achieve the goal of convincing public and policy makers that warming and climate change were a human created disaster. Manipulation of the process was first publicly exposed in the Chapter 8 issue (here). Sadly, it was just the first of several that established the pattern of IPCC behavior. Canada in the News 2008-05-12T19:04:00-04:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/article/871 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/article/871#When:14:59:54 According to Spanish daily El Pais, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez tried to arm Colombian rebels, with aid from Belarus. These allegations are based on documents found in a slain FARC leader’s computer. (Story: J.Fanciulli, C.Bauer) Bogota Colombia News 2008-05-12T18:57:01-04:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/article/870 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/article/870#When:14:57:06 BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A newly disclosed set of documents that Colombia’s government says were recovered from a slain rebel’s computers indicate senior Venezuelan officials tried to help arm Colombia’s main guerrilla army. Bogota Colombia News 2008-05-12T18:53:00-04:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/article/869 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/article/869#When:14:52:52 According to the director of Colombia’s National Police, General Oscar Naranjo, the success of recent military operations against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have forced the rebels to go back to the old system of using couriers as their only means of communications. Bogota Colombia News 2008-05-12T18:49:00-04:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/article/868 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/article/868#When:14:48:52 MANTA, Ecuador — The scene at the Manta Ray Cafe, a mess hall here at the most prominent American military outpost in South America, suggests all is normal. Bogota Colombia News 2008-05-12T18:45:00-04:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/article/867 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/article/867#When:14:45:19 Britain’s passion for chocolate, cakes and crisps is fuelling a violent campaign to force Colombian peasants off their land to make way for oil palm plantations, a report claims today. Bogota Colombia News 2008-05-12T18:40:00-04:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/article/866 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/article/866#When:14:40:20 TORONTO, ONTARIO—05/12/08—Mega Uranium Ltd. (TSX: MGA) ("Mega") wishes to provide further information on the historical uranium resource of the Berlin deposit in Colombia(2), the main asset involved in its recently completed acquisition of Energentia Resources Inc. (refer to the Mega news releases of March 7 2008, and May 6, 2008). Bogota Colombia Business 2008-05-12T18:35:00-04:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/article/865 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/article/865#When:14:35:16 BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia’s central bank is split between interest rate hawks and doves as the country gets squeezed by above-target inflation and a disturbingly strong peso, minutes from April’s policy-setting meeting show. Bogota Colombia Business 2008-05-12T18:31:00-04:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/article/864 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/article/864#When:14:31:43 SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile’s dominant airline LAN said on Monday its cargo arm was seeking to branch into the Colombian market and has made a formal request to authorities there. Bogota Colombia Business 2008-05-12T18:28:00-04:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/article/863 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/article/863#When:14:27:53 Carson, CA (Sports Network) - New York Red Bulls star forward Juan Pablo Angel hadn’t scored a goal yet this season before his team’s Major League Soccer clash at Los Angeles on Saturday night because of injury problems. Sports 2008-05-12T18:24:00-04:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/article/862 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/article/862#When:16:17:11 BOGOTÁ, Colombia—A cache of controversial computer files closely tying Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez to communist rebels seeking to topple Colombia’s government appear to be authentic, U.S. intelligence officials say. Bogota Colombia News 2008-05-09T20:13:00-04:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/article/861 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/article/861#When:16:13:13 NEW YORK (AFP) — US intelligence officials believe seized computer files showing strong ties between Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez and Colombian rebels are authentic, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Bogota Colombia News 2008-05-09T20:10:00-04:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/article/860 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/article/860#When:16:10:43 BOGOTA (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress should pass the Colombian free trade agreement to help the Andean country reform and strengthen its economy and improve its democratic institutions, the World Bank said on Thursday. Bogota Colombia News 2008-05-09T20:08:00-04:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/article/859 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/article/859#When:16:08:27 WASHINGTON (AFP) — The US Treasury Department on Wednesday announced it sanctioned a chain of Colombian money exchange offices for operating on behalf of leftist rebels with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Bogota Colombia News 2008-05-09T20:06:00-04:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/article/858 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/article/858#When:16:06:04 BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian operations to convert foreign currency debt into pesos will start with up to $2 billion in World Bank obligations, the government said on Wednesday. Bogota Colombia Business 2008-05-09T20:03:00-04:00