Beyond Bogota : Diary of a Drug War Journalist in Colombia - Garry Leech

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Beyond Bogota

Diary of a Drug War Journalist in Colombia

By: Garry Leech

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Paperback | 1 February 2010

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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, and the plight of everyday Colombians caught in the middle of a brutal war.

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Eye-opening . . . excellent reportage--highly recommended for would-be journalists as well as those interested in geopolitics.--Kirkus Reviews

"In this remarkable saga, Garry Leech conveys brilliantly and with vivid insight the magical qualities of this rich and tortured land, and the struggles and torment of its people."--Noam Chomsky

"That havoc within Colombia is portrayed with angry passion by the determined Garry Leech, that now rare beast in the jungle of journalism prepared to put his own life at the service of the truth. . . . A remarkable and captivating personal account of the drug war that unfolds mostly in Colombia.--Gavin O'Toole, Latin American Review of Books

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A note from the author	p. ix
The First Hour: 10:00 a.m., August 16, 2006	p. 1
Entering La Macarena; my detention
The Second Hour: 11:00 a.m., August 16,2006	p. 9
My introduction to Latin America; a Salvadoran nightmare
The Third Hour: 12:00 p.m., August 16, 2006	p. 26
The Panama invasion; Colombia's two faces-generosity and greed; indigenous villages and oil in Ecuador
The Fourth Hour: 1:00 p.m., August 16, 2006	p. 43
Welcome to Farclandia; Commander Simón Trinidad and the rebel perspective; a meeting with Erika, a teenage FARC guerrilla; Geraldo Rivera visits the rebel safe haven
The Fifth Hour: 2:00 p.m., August 16, 2006	p. 62
Investigating Plan Colombia; AUC commander Luis Enrique and the paramilitary perspective; a body in a hole
The Sixth Hour: 3:00 p.m., August 16, 2006	p. 84
The displaced in Barranca; Gregorio and the landmine; the cocaine lab; collusion and murder in Puerto Asís
The Seventh Hour: 4:00 p.m., August 16, 2006	p. 105
9/11 and the war on terror; detained by Carlos Castaño's paramilitaries; the battle for Saravena, Colombia's "Little Sarajevo"; media and the official story
The Eighth Hour: 5:00 p.m., August 16, 2006	p. 140
Displaced Afro-Colombian communities of the Chocó; the Bellavista tragedy; the plight of the indigenous Embera
The Ninth Hour: 6:00 p.m., August 16, 2006	p. 169
The Plan Patriota offensive; the new coca plant; the predicament of Colombian journalists; Plan Colombia becomes Plan Petroleum
The Tenth Hour: 7:00 p.m., August 16, 2006	p. 192
Mining multinationals and human rights; the displacement of Tabaco; indigenous massacres in La Guajira and Nariño
The Eleventh Hour: 8:00 p.m., August 16, 2006	p. 219
My release; chemical warfare in La Macarena
Epilogue: June 2007	p. 235
Jungle rendezvous with FARC commander Raúl Reyes; the prospects for peace
Timeline (1948-2007)	p. 242
Acknowledgments	p. 248
Index	p. 250
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