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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
Santa MartaWe reached Santa Marta after a very early departure 4AM from Maracaibo Venezuela. The trip was uneventful except for police blockades many passport checks and a maniac driver in our Por Supuesto Shared taxi basically an old Chevy or Ford with a 5 litre engine. We booked into a very nice hostel called Hotel Nueve Granada. This is probably on of the nicest places we have stayed...
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
| | | | | | | Santa Marta, Taganga, TayronaJournals from: » » Travel Blogs by : « Santa Marta, Taganga, Tayrona » » September 12th 2008 by .TB: [diary=322729]Travel Blogs by : « Journals from: » » Copyright notice.The text and photos of article remain the copyright of the Author (Olga Solarska). Under no circumstances should the photos or text be used without the express written permission...
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Human Security Gateway: All Updates (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
... guerillas and paramilitaries and large numbers were displaced to rural and urban areas, including Santa Marta, the capital of Magdalena, and the site for this study. After the paramilitary demobilization program was implemented in 2006, Santa Marta became the center of violent power struggles between demobilized paramilitaries, politicians and drug traffickers. Organized crime and...
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
I made it to Santa Marta from Tampa Florida and have been immediately immersed in the work of Project HOPE. This project is part of the US government's mission called Continuing Promise 2008 a humanitarian mission to Central American and Caribbean countries April through November 2008. In addition to the medical teams with primary care and surgical components there are dentists hygenists op
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Brave New Traveler (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
... is captivating from the very first sentence: I’m trudging down the lower slopes above the city of Santa Marta with a black plastic bag of human bones dangling like a scarf bundle from the handle of my shovel. 4. A Conflict Of Interest by U Shwe Yoe The Irawaddy is the finest source of news and perspectives on Burma, but sadly the website has recently come under attack by the Burmese regime....
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i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
... researched the specific protection needs of the urban displaced in Sudan’s Khartoum, Colombia’s Santa Marta, and Abidjan in Cote d’Ivoire.Lost in the crowdAs opposed to rural displacements in which communities are more likely to move in groups and to enclosed camps, in cities, “people often arrive in individual [family] units and can become lost…many of them will not have friends or family...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
... researched the specific protection needs of the urban displaced in Sudan's Khartoum, Colombia's Santa Marta, and Abidjan in Cote d'Ivoire.Lost in the crowdAs opposed to rural displacements in which communities are more likely to move in groups and to enclosed camps, in cities, "people often arrive in individual [family] units and can become lost...many of them will not have friends or family...
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Relief Web (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
... University researched the protection needs of displaced people in Sudan's Khartoum, Colombia's Santa Marta, and Abidjan in Cote d'Ivoire. Lost in the crowd As opposed to rural displacements in which communities are more likely to move in groups, "people often arrive in individual [family] units and can become lost.many of them will not have friends or family connections, and will not know...
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Leftnews.org (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
... He has worked as a popular educator, communication worker and organizer. He is founder of ADES — Santa Marta’s Social and Economic Development Association. Chico has worked actively with local communities to stop the advancement of Canadian mining companies. For more information on Chico or Lourdes’ visit to the Maritimes. contact Ronald Chavez at: 902.495.7067 or email chavez17s@yahoo.ca...
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
... 3.30 (yes AM) and kept eye out.nice girlfriend of the driver helped me out. Wanted to go direct to Santa Marta as Maicao notoriously dangerous but this not poss for some reason. 25 to Maicao and 33,600 for departure tax. First stop is to pay the tax and get a slip of paper, next stop is to get exit stamp and for them to take your tourist card, you need some VZ coinage to give women to fill...
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THE TENSION (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
In this August 2008 file photo, the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) heads to sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Lolita M. Lewis.) N ews in Balance: SANTA MARTA, Colombia, Sept. 8, 2008 -- USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) along with various embarked units departed here Sept. 6 for Haiti to assist with humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts in areas...
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LA Times (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
... justice network.So nefarious are Mexico's penal colonies -- including Mexico City's infamous Santa Marta Acatitla penitentiary, on which the series is based -- that "Capadocia" could be regarded more as a reality show than a melodrama, said Guillermo Rios, one of its principal directors and co-writers. The series is especially timely given ."Currently, [Mexico] suffers a wave of violence,...
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Global Security (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
... Fleet, headquartered at Naval Station Mayport, Fla., diverted the amphibious ship Kearsarge from Santa Marta, Colombia, Sept.5 to assist the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in mitigating human suffering and loss of life in Haitian communities impacted by tropical storms Fay, Gustav, Hanna and Hurricane Ike."Providing much needed relief following a disaster of this...
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Global Security (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
... here are a core mission for U.S. forces in U.S. Southern Command.Kearsarge was diverted here from Santa Marta, Colombia, to assist the U.S. Agency for International Development in mitigating human suffering and loss of life in Haitian communities affected by tropical storms Fay, Gustav and Hanna and Hurricane Ike.Rear Adm. Joseph D. Kernan will review U.S. Naval relief efforts from Kearsarge...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
GULF OF GONAVE, Haiti, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Rear Adm. Joseph D.
Kernan, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command (NAVSO)/ U.S. Fourth
Fleet, is visiting USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) today off the coast of Haiti.
U.S. Fourth Fleet, headquartered at Naval Station Mayport, Fla.,
diverted the amphibious ship Kearsarge from Santa Marta, Colombia, Friday
to assist the United States Agency for...
