The day he arrived

I predict a riot

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March 9th 2007
Just four days before Bush comes to town things hot up at the National University ... Colombia´s biggest public university, when a riot kicks off. Students with hardscarfs covering their faces throw rocks and mini hand made bombs at the police, the police respond with armoured tanks spraying water at the protestors and tear gas if they get to close. We were standing in the crowd watching until so ... read more

South America » Colombia » Bogota

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Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Ecuador and Venezuela). A 40-year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Colombian Government escalated during the 1990s, undergirded in part... ... read more