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Visit the Library of Congress's Country Study on Colombia.Click here for the Colombian Embassy in the United States.Click and scroll to read about Justapaz, the Mennonite Church's peace effort in Colombia.The Colombia Support Network is a group that lobbies for human rights initiatives in Colombia.Our earlier coverage of the church in Colombia includes:Plan for Peace in Colombia Is a Plan 'For Death,' Say Church Activists | Will U.S. military assistance in destroying coca fields only increase violence? (Aug. 15, 2000) Death in the Night | Colombia's pastors endure extortion, kidnappings, and threats as they plant churches and help the poor in a war zone. (June 6, 2000) Colombia's Bleeding Church | Despite the murders of 120 church leaders, Christians are fighting for peace in one of the world's most violent nations. (May 18, 1998) Fate of Kidnapped Missionaries Still Unresolved | Colombia remains thought to end questions are not human after all. (Mar. 29, 2000) Twenty-five Pastors Killed This Year (Oct. 4, 1999) Christians Held As Hostages (July 12, 1999)Other media coverage of Columbia includes:Colombia Rebel Decries Plan | Associated Press (Sept. 7, 2000) Conflict Drives Thousands From Their Homes in Colombia | The Washington Post (Sept. 6, 2000) Colombia's FARC likely to pressure government until ceasefire talks | Associated Press (Sept. 6, 2000) Rebel attack in Colombia | BBC (Sept. 3, 2000)

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October 23 2000, Vol. 44, No. 12