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Vive<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font></font><font
face="Verdana"><font size="7">Welcomes</font></font></p>
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MELÉNDEZ<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font></font><font
face="Verdana"><font size="5">AS FEATURED GUEST FOR THE</font></font></p>
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face="Verdana"><font size="7">2011 SPEAKING TOUR</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;
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face="Verdana"><font style="font-size: 11pt; " size="2"><i>A
tireless defender and promoter of individual human rights
and the fundamental constitutional rights of vulnerable
communities in Colombia, attorney Meléndez will describe</i></font></font></p>
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face="Verdana"><font size="6"><i><b>THE TWO FACES OF
CARTAGENA,</b></i></font></font></p>
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face="Verdana"><font size="6"><i><b>THE TWO FACES OF COLOMBIA:</b></i></font></font></p>
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face="Verdana"><font size="6"><i><b>Forced Displacement and</b></i></font></font></p>
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face="Verdana"><font size="6"><i><b>Human Rights Violations</b></i></font></font></p>
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padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana"><font
size="3">Meléndez will draw on his personal and
professional experiences as an organizer in community
groups, campesino movements, and the national Movement of
Victims of State Crimes–MOVICE–to describe the ongoing human
rights crisis in Colombia, with a particular emphasis on the
displacement of communities in Bolivar and Sucre. He will
offer insight into the “other side” of Cartagena, a city
known best in the US as a popular beach resort, but one also
characterized by large infrastructure projects that improve
conditions for tourism and commercial development while
leaving thousands of poor and politically disenfranchised
residents without basic services.</font></font></p>
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style="font-size: 11pt; " size="2"><i>Where to hear Adil
Meléndez speak in Boston:</i></font></font></p>
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; " lang="ES">October
9, 11:45 am Fellowship Hall,<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Church of the
Covenant</b></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Verdana; " lang="ES">, 67 Newbury Street, Boston</span></p>
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outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; ">October 10,
10:00 am<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>WUNR
1600 AM</b></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
Verdana; "> de radio interview with William Peña Lopera</span></div>
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; " lang="ES">October
11, 6:00 pm<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Boston
University School of Law</b></span><span style="font-size:
11pt; font-family: Verdana; " lang="ES">, Barrister’s Hall,
765 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston</span></div>
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; ">October 12,
10:00 am<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Salem
State College</b></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Verdana; ">, Sullivan Building 109, Salem</span></div>
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; " lang="ES">October
12,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; ">12:30 pm -
2:30 pm<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>North
Shore Labor Council</b></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Verdana; ">, Local 201 Hall, 112 Exchange Street,
Lynn</span></p>
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; ">October 12,
7:00 pm<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Tufts
University</b></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Verdana; ">, Barnum 104, Medford</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; ">October 13,
1:15 - 2:15 pm<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Episcopal
Divinity School,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; ">99 Brattle
Street, Cambridge</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Verdana; " lang="ES"></span></div>
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; ">October 13,
6:00 pm<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>DRCLAS</b></span><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; "><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Harvard University</b></span><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; ">, CGIS South,
Belfer Case Study Room, S-020, 1730 Cambridge Street,
Cambridge</span></div>
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; " lang="ES">October
14,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; ">6:00 pm - 9:00
pm<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Encuentro 5</b></span><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; ">,<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="ES">33
Harrison Avenue, 5th Floor, Boston<br>
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Contact: Ana Zambrano, Director <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:contact@colombiavive.org">contact@colombiavive.org</a>,
617.605.2247<br>
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face="Verdana"><font size="2"><i>Colombia Vive’s co-sponsors
for the 2011 Speaking Tour are the<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></font></font><font
face="Verdana"><font size="2"><i><b>Colombia Human Rights
Committee<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></i></font></font><font
face="Verdana"><font size="2"><i>in Washington, DC, and<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></font></font><font
face="Verdana"><font size="2"><i><b>Movimiento por la Paz en
Colombia<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></i></font></font><font
face="Verdana"><font size="2"><i>in New York City. Each year,
the three organi- zations bring Colombian human rights
activists to the US to educate the public and policymakers
about the ongoing struggle for peace in Colombia and to
highlight the inspiring initiatives of Colombians working
for peace. With a critical Congressional vote on a
dangerously flawed free trade agreement between the US and
Colombia scheduled for this fall, vulnerable populations
in Colombia need our solidarity more than ever.</i></font></font></p>
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