Garry Leech
Encyclopedia
Garry Leech is a British-born American independent journalist, author and editor of the online publication Colombia Journal
, which analyzes U.S. foreign policy in Colombia
. He is also the director of the Centre for International Studies and a lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Cape Breton University
in Sydney
, Nova Scotia
, Canada
.
Colombia Journal
Colombia Journal is an online publication that contains commentaries and analysis about political, social and economic issues related to Colombia, usually from a left-leaning perspective. It also provides a critical perspective of U.S. foreign policy in Colombia...
, which analyzes U.S. foreign policy in Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
. He is also the director of the Centre for International Studies and a lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Cape Breton University
Cape Breton University
Cape Breton University , formerly the "University College of Cape Breton" , is a Canadian university in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality....
in Sydney
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Sydney is a Canadian urban community in the province of Nova Scotia. It is situated on the east coast of Cape Breton Island and is administratively part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality....
, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
.
Books
- The FARC: The Longest Insurgency (London: Zed Books, 2011), ISBN 9781848134928
- The Failure of Global Capitalism: From Cape Breton to Colombia and Beyond (Sydney, NS: Cape Breton University Press, 2009), ISBN 978-189700932-1
- Beyond Bogota: Diary of a Drug War Journalist in Colombia (Boston, Mass.: Beacon Press, 2009), ISBN 9780807061459
- The People Behind Colombian Coal: Mining, Multinationals and Human Rights (Bogota: Pisando Callos, 2007), ISBN 9789589799550
- Crude Interventions: The United States, Oil and the New World (Dis)OrderCrude Interventions: The United States, Oil and the New World (Dis)OrderCrude Interventions: The United States, Oil and the New World Order is a 2006 book written by independent journalist Garry Leech. It was published in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan. Outside of the United States, it was published by Zed Books Ltd. Crude Interventions examines relevant...
(London: Zed Books, 2006), ISBN 1842776290 - Killing Peace: Colombia's Conflict and the Failure of U.S. InterventionKilling Peace: Colombia's Conflict and the Failure of U.S. InterventionThe book Killing Peace, by Garry Leech, documents the four-decade armed conflict in Colombia.-Details:Killing Peace: Colombia's Conflict and the Failure of U.S. Intervention,...
(New York: Inota, 2002), ISBN 0-9720384-0-X