The Saddest Country: On Assignment in Colombia

by Nicholas Coghlan

Nicholas Coghlan arrived in Bogata in 1997. A political officer for the Canadian government, it was his responsibility to report on Columbia's complex civil conflict, lobby the Colombian authorities on human rights, and provide visible moral support and other assistance to the victims of the war. Soon after he arrived it became apparent that he could not fulfill these functions from the relative peace and security of Bogata and he found himself traveling...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773527877
• ISBN13: 9780773527874
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"