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	<title>Fabian Rodriguez &#187; Colombia</title>
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		<title>New Ubuntu mirror in Colombia now available!</title>
		<link>http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/2009/04/04/new-ubuntu-mirror-in-colombia-now-available/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MagicFab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[See for yourself under System &#62; Administration &#62; Software Sources &#62; Download from: Other&#8230;, scroll down the list and check under Colombia: See the announcement here &#8211; great to see the Ubuntu Colombian LoCo team rocking! Thanks to the Mathematics department at Universidad Nacional in Colombia and for all involved in making this possible. If [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>See for yourself under <strong>System &gt; Administration &gt; Software Sources &gt; Download from: Other&#8230;</strong>, scroll down the list and check under <strong>Colombia</strong>:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-709" title="Ubuntu Colombian mirror" src="http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/screenshot_001.png" alt="Ubuntu Colombian mirror" width="760" height="627" /></p>
<p>See the announcement <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-co/2009-April/015431.html" target="_blank">here</a> &#8211; great to see the <a href="http://www.ubuntu-co.com/">Ubuntu Colombian LoCo team</a> rocking! Thanks to <a href="http://matematicas.unal.edu.co/" target="_blank">the Mathematics department at Universidad Nacional in Colombia</a> and for all involved in making this possible.</p>
<p>If you want to setup an official Ubuntu mirror, check:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/mirror">http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/mirror</a></p>
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		<title>Ubucon Colombia this Saturday Nov. 29</title>
		<link>http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/2008/11/26/ubucon-colombia-this-saturday-nov-29/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MagicFab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following a long tradition, an Ubucon will be rocking Bogotá, Colombia no less! The date is this coming Saturday Nov. 29th. Save the date! The Colombian LoCo Team has been very actively preparing for this event, they even lined up some sponsors. There will be 2 separate conference tracks and one workshop track, and the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/ubucon-co.jpg" alt="Ubucon Colombia" title="ubucon-co" width="200" height="41" align="right" class="size-full wp-image-594" />Following <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ubucon">a long tradition</a>, an Ubucon <a href="http://www.ubucon-co.com/">will be rocking Bogotá, Colombia</a> no less! The date is this coming Saturday Nov. 29th. Save the date!</p>
<p>The Colombian LoCo Team has been very actively preparing for this event, they even lined up some sponsors. There will be 2 separate conference tracks and one workshop track, and the event will be streamed live. This looks to be a lot more than an informal gathering! All details are available <a href="http://www.ubucon-co.com">on the website</a>.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s exciting to see local business and enthusiasts getting together around Ubuntu. Make sure you file <a href="https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pSnfs-kKgk5WFddMQqx24Sg">the registration form</a> if you&#8217;re attending.</p>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t disturb &#8211; this took me all night</title>
		<link>http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/2008/07/03/dont-disturb-this-took-me-all-night/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MagicFab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s what the sign says in this picture: Apparently Ubuntu-co rocked at Campus Party Colombia. If that picture is any indication, I think there&#8217;s more to come Well done to all that were there!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s what the sign says in this <a href="http://picasaweb.google.es/hollman.enciso/CampusPartyDias6Y7/photo#5217907463142633458">picture</a>:<br />
<a href='http://picasaweb.google.es/hollman.enciso/CampusPartyDias6Y7/photo#5217907463142633458'><img src="http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/campusresized-300x225.png" alt="Ubuntu-co, powered by Red-Bull" title="campusresized" width="300" height="225" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-585" /></a></p>
<p>Apparently <a href="http://wiki.ubuntu.com/ColombianTeam">Ubuntu-co</a> rocked at <a href="http://www.campus-party.com.co/">Campus Party Colombia</a>. If that picture is any indication, I think there&#8217;s more to come <img src='http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Well done to <a href="http://picasaweb.google.es/hollman.enciso/CampusPartyDias6Y7/photo#5217900310933790818">all that were there</a>!</p>
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		<title>Ubuntu now available to Dell customers in Canada and Latin America</title>
		<link>http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/2008/02/22/ubuntu-now-available-to-dell-customers-in-canada-and-latin-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MagicFab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s as if these news were specially written for me. I am originally from Colombia and have been living in Montreal, Canada for the past ~20 years. Dell announced on their blog that their systems will now be available in Canada and Latin America (including Colombia initially!). Check the original announcement on their english blog, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s as if these news were specially written for me. I am originally from Colombia and have been living in Montreal, Canada for the past ~20 years.</p>
<p>Dell announced on their blog that their systems will now be available in Canada and Latin America (including Colombia initially!).</p>
<p>Check <a href="http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2008/02/21/46926.aspx">the original announcement on their english blog</a>, as well as <a href="http://dellendirecto.com/archive/2008/02/21/la-espera-ha-terminado-dell-con-ubuntu-7-10-ya-est-disponible-en-latinoam-rica.aspx">the spanish annoucement for Latin America</a>. It&#8217;s nice to see they have a blog for hispanic customers.</p>
<p>In Canada, visit <a href="http://dell.ca/open">http://dell.ca/open</a> . Phone orders only in Latin America for now.</p>
<p>What a week!!!</p>
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		<title>Colombian Team FLISOL 2008 meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/2008/02/18/colombian-team-flisol-2008-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MagicFab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend the Colombian LoCo Team had a meeting to get things organized for the FLISOL 2008 in Bogotá, Colombia. The FLISOL is a huge InstallFest across LatinAmerica, this year it will be on April 26th. The minutes of the meeting are now online, thanks to Hollman Enciso and Julián Alarcón for getting this going!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This weekend the Colombian LoCo Team had a meeting to get things organized for the <a href="http://installfest.info/FLISOL2008/Colombia">FLISOL 2008 in Bogotá, Colombia</a>. The <a href="http://installfest.info/FLISOL2008">FLISOL</a> is a huge InstallFest across LatinAmerica, this year it will be on April 26th.</p>
<p><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ColombianTeam/Reuniones/Bogota/17Febrero2008">The minutes of the meeting</a> are now online, thanks to Hollman Enciso and Julián Alarcón for getting this going!</p>
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		<title>Free software Colombian legislation project gets good support at first hearing</title>
		<link>http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/2007/10/04/free-software-colombian-legislation-project-gets-good-support-at-first-hearing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MagicFab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday the &#8220;Proyecto de Ley del Software Libre&#8221; was presented at the Colombian House of Representatives for a first public hearing with great success, according to this news article on their site. This is one of many steps to get any legislation in place, so it&#8217;s an important day in Free Software history for Colombia [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday the &#8220;Proyecto de Ley del Software Libre&#8221; was presented at the Colombian House of Representatives for a first public hearing with great success, <a href="http://direccion.camara.gov.co/camara/site/artic/20071004/pags/20071004095622.html">according to this news article</a> on their site.</p>
<p>This is one of many steps to get any legislation in place, so it&#8217;s an important day in Free Software history for Colombia ! This is the second time after 1992 that such legislation is attempted, and I consider this to be great news, although the general intent of this legislation is presented as letting free software co-exist with proprietary software.</p>
<p>I wish I could have been there, this is truly a time for changes and progress in Colombia and I am excited about all the opportunities opening there. Apparently the session was recorded and is available on video, it will be interesting to watch it and see how this project was presented.</p>
<ul>
<li> <a href="http://slcolombia.org/Proyecto_de_Ley">Project dicussion and comments</a> organized by Colibri, a Colombian free software advocacy and users group.</li>
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		<title>Hora Legal para Colombia</title>
		<link>http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/2007/08/30/hora-legal-para-colombia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MagicFab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Si alguien le pregunta qué hora es en Colombia, asegúrese de que sea la hora legal!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Si alguien le pregunta qué hora es en Colombia, asegúrese de que sea <a href="http://horalegal.sic.gov.co/">la hora legal</a>!</p>
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		<title>Al otro lado de la ausencia &#8211; video sobre el secuestro de los diputados colombianos</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MagicFab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ayer pude ayudar a mi hermano en Cali a publicar un corto-metraje que recién me había mostrado la semana pasada. Asimismo lo pudimos enviar a unas 900 personas. Me gustó mucho que antes de enviarlo únicamente en YouTube me consultara sobre los formatos de archivos de video y las licencias libres &#8211; hacía tiempo me [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ayer pude ayudar a mi hermano en Cali a publicar un corto-metraje que recién me había mostrado la semana pasada. Asimismo lo pudimos enviar a unas 900 personas. Me gustó mucho que antes de enviarlo únicamente en YouTube me consultara sobre los formatos de archivos de video y las licencias libres &#8211; hacía tiempo me venía pidiendo información pero ayer tuvimos que hacer un &#8220;crash course&#8221; intensivo y este es el resultado.</p>
<p>En este momento hay muchos sentimientos de frustración, impotencia, incluso culpabilidad, pero al mismo tiempo satisfacción, al menos ínfima, de poder ser solidario de alguna manera en esta tragedia. Es como un puño en el estómago. En fin&#8230; decidan.</p>
<blockquote><p>Amigos y amigas,</p>
<p>Este video, realizado hace algunas semanas, adquiere una triste vigencia hoy, en vista de la noticia de la muerte de 11 de los ex-diputados del Valle secuestrados desde abril de 2002.</p>
<p>El corto fue realizado con familiares de Juan Carloz Arbeláez, uno de los líderes asesinados y Sigifredo López, el que señalan como sobreviviente.</p>
<p>Espero de corazón que estas familias puedan descansar y que cese la manipulación del dolor para la guerra.</p>
<p>El video en formato Ogg Theora y el link a su página en YouTube se encuentran disponibles en<br />
<a href="http://danielrodriguez.com/video/">http://danielrodriguez.com/video/</a></p>
<p>El formato libre Ogg Theora permite verlo en Linux y muchas más plataformas fuera de Windows y Mac OSX, aunque tambien lo he subido a YouTube.</p>
<p>Se permite el uso y distribución bajo licencia Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 &#8211; Colombia :<br />
<a href="http://creativecommons.org/worldwide/co/">http://creativecommons.org/worldwide/co/</a></p>
<p>Gracias</p>
<p>Daniel Rodríguez<br />
Productor Audiovisual<br />
Cali, Colombia
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		<title>Freedom takes the streets in Bogota, Colombia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are in Bogota, Colombia or know anyone interested in free culture and content production living there, this may be of interest There will be a screening TONIGHT at 6:30PM of the BBC&#8217;s Codebreakers documentary at the Mediatorta, a public cultural space provided by the city I am really excited that the spanish subtitling [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are in Bogota, Colombia or know anyone interested in free culture and content production living there, this may be of interest <img src='http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  There will be a screening TONIGHT at 6:30PM of the BBC&#8217;s Codebreakers documentary at the <a href="http://www.mediatorta.gov.co">Mediatorta</a>, a public cultural space provided by the city <img src='http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>I am really excited that the <a href="http://www.slcolombia.org/Videos/CodebreakersSubtitulos">spanish subtitling</a> was possible <a href="http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/archives/2007/03/30/the-codebreakers-transcript-released-help-wanted-for-subtitles/">after I managed to obtain a release of the original english transcript</a> under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">Creative Commons BY licence</a>. Getting the transcript was the easy part but translating it to spanish was a huge effort by a few dedicated individuals &#8211; credit goes to Gustavo Gonzalez at <a href="http://www.kazak.ws">Kazak</a> for his dedication to have this completed!</p>
<p>See: <a href="http://www2.idct.gov.co/va/Video_afuera/3CCEE098-DBD3-4476-A520-E9C5E188C06E.html">Bogota esta empapelada</a> and <a href="http://www.mediatorta.gov.co/web/codebreakers.htm">this announcement</a> for more information.</p>
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		<title>Des milliers de touristes canadiens en Colombie cet hiver</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2005 12:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[La Colombie, on le sait, est un pays aux prises avec un conflit armé important, malgré que notre président ne soit pas tout à fait d&#8217;accord avec ce choix de mots. J&#8217;étais donc très content de voir cette nouvelle envoyée par un collègue de l&#8217;APCQ. Même si ça ne veut pas dire que tout va [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>La Colombie, on le sait, est un pays aux prises avec un conflit armé important, malgré que notre président ne soit pas tout à fait d&#8217;accord avec ce choix de mots. J&#8217;étais donc très content de voir cette nouvelle envoyée par un collègue <a href="http://www.apcq.qc.ca">de l&#8217;APCQ</a>.<span id="more-350"></span></p>
<p>Même si ça ne veut pas dire que tout va pour le mieux,  <a href="http://www.elcolombiano.terra.com.co/BancoConocimiento/O/olac_turistas_canadienses_colombia_colprensa_ana_20051018/olac_turistas_canadienses_colombia_colprensa_ana_20051018.asp?CodSeccion=53">l&#8217;arrivée de milliers de touristes à Carthagène</a> pendant les prochains mois a de quoi rendre fier (ou nerveux) tout responsable de la sécurité civile d&#8217;une région.</p>
<p>Surtout quand on voit sur le site du <a href="http://www.voyage.gc.ca/dest/sos/warnings-fr.asp">Ministère des Affaires Étrangères du Canada</a> qu&#8217;on  &#8220;recommande déviter tout voyage dans ce(s) pays.[...] sauf à Carthagène et dans les îles San Andrés et Providencia.&#8221;. Ah, une chance <img src='http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Je ne doute pas une seconde que ces touristes seront en sécurité, vu l&#8217;importance de la délégation qui prépare ces activités, ainsi que les enjeux économiques tant pour la région que pour l&#8217;opérateur canadien. Pour y avoir été pendant un mois cet été, à Cali et Bucaramanga, avec ma conjointe et ma fille, je crois qu&#8217;il n&#8217;y a pas grand chose à craindre à part le hasard &#8211; un peu comme à Montréal ou toute autre grande ville.</p>
<p>Mais il me reste un arrière-goût de &#8220;repas-instant&#8221;, de coup médiatique et de manipulation de l&#8217;image de la Colombie. J&#8217;entends souvent des critiques au gouvernement actuel au sujet des informations qui sont véhiculées à l&#8217;étranger, un peu pour tenir tranquille ce peuple qui meurt d&#8217;envie d&#8217;avoir une vie normale.</p>
<p>Les bulletins de nouvelles régionaux consacrent un espace fou aux nouvelles les plus frivoles, à côté des drames humains les plus inédits. Des attachés de presse sont dépêchés à l&#8217;étranger pour écrire &#8220;des bonnes nouvelles&#8221; dans les média internationaux (oui, qq&#8217;un que je connais) et le président envoie un communiqué spécial aux consulats, ambassades et délégations à l&#8217;étranger en précisant les mots exacts à utiliser pour décrire la guerre quotidienne menée par le citoyen comun &#8211; tantôt pour survivre, tantôt pour rester honête.</p>
<p>Je constate que <em>certaines</em> choses vont mieux, oui, mais je pressens que la Colombie deviendra bientôt mon endroit préféré pour profiter du &#8220;all-included&#8221;, des bons deals sur le linge et la bouffe, et de belles plages bien nettoyées comme on nous les vends (voir: Mexique ou Cuba) &#8211; et c&#8217;est la saison!</p>
<p>Quelques liens pour poursuivre la lecture:</p>
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<li> <a href="http://www.infoexport.gc.ca/ie-fr/DisplayDocument.jsp?did=250&#038;gid=191">Fiche documentaire &#8211; Colombie</a> &#8211; Commerce International Canada</li>
<li> <a href="http://www.amnesty.ca/colombia/news/">Colombia News</a> &#8211; Amnesty International</li>
<li> <a href="http://www.voyage.gc.ca/dest/report-fr.asp?country=60000">Colombie &#8211; Conseils aux voyageurs</a> &#8211; Affaires Étrangères Canada</li
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