Colombia

What about tourist offices or state airline?

yeah, it's be good to do something, but the columbian consulate is in london - no bright ideas form me i'm afraid....

there are flights to colombia from manchester airport. i can't come up with anything else vaguely colombian in manc. is there nothing around l'pool, ftony?

trying to find different angles... colombia has a shit human rights record and is trying to become a bigger player in the market ... main exports coffee and er..cocaine.. so they are touchy about negative publicity.. maybe writing letters isn't such a bad idea. weak i know but i can't think of anything else.

“The armed conflict between the security forces, acting in conjunction with paramilitary groups, and guerrilla groups, intensified following the break-down of peace talks with the FARC. This resulted in a marked deterioration in the human rights situation. More than 500 people ‘disappeared’ and more than 4,000 civilians were killed for political motives. Forced internal displacement continued to grow dramatically. Over 2,700 people were kidnapped, at least 1,500 of whom were kidnapped by guerrilla groups and paramilitary forces. This cycle of political violence was exacerbated by the security policies of the new government of Álvaro

Uribe Vélez which took office in August. The main victims of violations of human rights and international humanitarian law continued to be the civilian population, including the internally displaced, peasant farmers, and members of Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities living in conflict zones.”