Colombian social organizations, backed by the authorities, are planning to march against the FARC on December 6 -- but they should demand peace from the government, as well as from the rebels.

Having spent most my weekend reporting on the death of "Alfonso Cano," I am now disgusted and angry about the persistence of both the guerrilla leadership and the government in actively perpetuating their nonsensical war.

The massive student protests against Colombia's planned university reform are met by most outside the university world, myself included, with ignorance. To understand the students' objections to the reform I tried to translate a pamphlet I found on the Internet, and figured I'd share it.

Colombia Reports has made a few changes to increase interaction with its readers and hopefully break down some of the barriers that stand between those in the newsroom and those elsewhere.