Beyond Bogota: Diary of a Drug War Journalist in Colombia S.S. This compelling account provides fresh insights into U. Drawing on unprecedented access to soldiers, guerrillas, paramilitaries, and peasants in conflict zones and cocaine-producing areas, Leech's documentary memoir is an epic tale of
| TITLE | : | Beyond Bogota: Diary of a Drug War Journalist in Colombia |
| AUTHOR | : | |
| RATING | : | 4.71 (183 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 0807061484 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Paperback |
| PAGES | : | 280 Pages |
| PUBLISH | : | 2010-02-01 |
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Independent journalist Garry Leech has spent the last eight years working in the most remote and dangerous regions of Colombia. Unlike other Western reporters, most of whom rarely leave Bogotá, Leech learns the truth about conflicts and the U.S. war on drugs directly from the source: farmers, male and female guerrillas, union organizers, indigenous communities, and many others.Beyond Bogotá is framed around the eleven hours that Leech was held captive by the FARC, Colombia's largest leftist guerrilla group, in August 2006. Drawing on unprecedented access to soldiers, guerrillas, paramilitaries, and peasants in conflict zones and cocaine-producing areas, Leech's documentary memoir is an epic tale of a journalist's search for meaning in the midst of violence and poverty. This compelling account provides fresh insights into U.S. foreign policy, the role of the media, an
EDITORIAL :
From School Library Journal In this arresting hybrid of journalism and memoir Leech relates his experiences investigating political, economic, and drug-related stories throughout Latin America. The narrative is organized into 11 chapters, which parallel the 11 hours Leech was detained by the FARC, a Colombian guerrilla group, in 2006. Each chapter begins with details of Leech's captivity, which serve as introductions to broader stories, including the civil unrest and massacres in 1980s El Salvador; his meetings with government officials and paramilitary and guerrilla groups vying for power in Panama, Colombia, and other nearby countries; and the wavering effectiveness of the U.S. war on drugs. Along the way, Leech highlights the rampant human-rights violations in the region, the fumigation of cocaine plants, which also destroys other crops, and the large displaced civilian populations of
REVIEW :
Leech has been on a multi-year mission to report on the U.S. Ruff Puff - A MAT Team Leader's Story Mac would later explain that the CIA paid his team a visit in their "Air America" helicopter specifically to talk to the Chinese double agent interpreter. While there are so many interesting anecdotes Mac presents, one serves as a grim reminder as to what war really meant. Out of the thousands of memoirs written amongst the 2.7 million American "In Country" Vietnam War Veterans, there are less than a hundred that exist from Australia and New Zealand contributors. advisers attached to the ARVN, Mac expounded; "I went to their compound once and found out they were nicely set up to sit out this war in comfort with a pool table and the lot; it was more a club than an operational base. Warts and all story about Australian Vietnam Veteran and his lasting memory of the Vietnam war seen through his
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