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Article: U.S. to double troop presence in Colombia.(Analysis)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- November 5, 2004
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Colombia makes few headlines in the United States these days. But Washington's involvement in the Western Hemisphere's longest, bloodiest war is rapidly escalating as the world's attention is elsewhere. The latest signal of increased U.S. embroilment comes just as a vocal civil movement is emerging in Colombia to demand an end to the war.
The U.S. Congress has approved a doubling of the Pentagon's troop presence in Colombia, where a wave of protest has erupted as some 1.4 million public-sector workers walked off their jobs and took to the streets for a one-day strike. Organized by major trade unions as well as civil organizations, the Oct. 12 strike demanded an ...