1.   Ending the civil war, many say, means ending the poverty that defines the lives of many Colombian peasants.

2.   His life most clearly resembles that of obscure Colombian peasant rebels who now are dead, a few from natural causes, most from years of combat.

3.   Partly in response, the Caldera government stepped up its program of deporting illegal Colombian peasants from the area.

4.   Colombian peasants who grow coca complain they have no viable alternatives in remote regions such as Putumayo.

5.   For three decades, violence has forced Colombian peasants to flee their homes.

6.   Hundreds, if not thousands, of Colombian peasants have fled right-wing paramilitary violence into northwestern Venezuela.

7.   This is considered a first step in planned reforms to take land confiscated from drug traffickers and redistribute it to Colombian peasants.