No information on a group called Nuevo Archipielago could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

According to information provided during a 10 March 1999 telephone interview by staff of the Departmental Delegation of the Civil Registry of Colombia in San Andrés, a federal public entity responsible for keeping civilian records and electoral information in the Department of San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Ralph Julio Newball Sotelo was a gubernatorial candidate for the Movimiento Educacion, Trabajo y Cambio Social (Education, Work and Social Change Movement) in 1997. The Departmental Delegation staff had no record of a student or political group called Nuevo Archipielago. The staff indicated that the island of Providencia had a political movement called Pro-Rescate del Archipielago (Pro-Rescue of the Archipielago).

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this information request.

Delegación Departamental de la Registraduría Civil, San Andrés. 10 March 1999. Telephone interview with staff.

Andean Newsletter [Lima]. 1997.

El Espectador [Bogota]. Internet search engine. 1996-1998.

El Tiempo [Bogota]. Internet search engine. 1996-1998.

Latin American Weekly Report [London]. 1997.

Latinamerica Press [Lima]. 1997.

Electronic sources: Internet, IRB Databases, Global NewsBank, NEXIS, REFWORLD, WNC.

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This list is not exhaustive. Subject- and country-specific books available in the Resource Centre are not included.