Peace & Justice Update

May 2, 2008

Volume 18, Number 9

The countries for the Peace & Justice Updates have been chosen as areas of focus at the Institute.

Source information: Information presented in this update is condensed from wire and newspaper reports from Lexis/Nexis and from electronic sites on the World Wide Web. Complete bibliographical information is unavailable from these services, but every attempt has been made to properly cite information and give credit to source materials. This update is intended for use by IPJ staff and associates for informational purposes only. As the material in this update is condensed, and does not directly quote the primary source, information from the update should not be quoted.

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The Peace & Justice Updates are written by the Fall 2007 interns at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice at the University of San Diego. The interns are

Andrew Chua (University of California, San Diego)
Justine Darling (University of San Diego)
Andrea Lovano (University of San Diego)

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UPDATE SUMMARY

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COLOMBIA
Drug lord killed by Colombian police force;
Chávez promises aid in hostage release.

GUATEMALA
Bishop Gerardi remembered;
Municipal police officers attack national police officers.

NEPAL
Parties hold Central Committee meetings;
Nepal cracks down on Everest climbers and other Tibet protesters.

UGANDA
Lord’s Resistance Army resumes campaign of abducting child soldiers;
Kony invites local leaders for meeting on May 10.