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Corporación Nuevo Arco Iris (New Rainbow Corporation) is a
non-governmental organization A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an independent, typically nonprofit organization that operates outside government control, though it may get a significant percentage of its funding from government or corporate sources. NGOs often focus ...
in
Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...
.Insight Conflict
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Overview

The Rainbow Corporation was created in 1994 as part of an agreement between the
Colombian government The Government of Colombia is a republic with separation of powers into executive, judicial and legislative branches. Its legislature has a congress, its judiciary has a supreme court, and its executive branch has a president. The citiz ...
and Corriente de Renovación Socialista. It supports the
modernization Modernization theory or modernisation theory holds that as societies become more economically modernized, wealthier and more educated, their political institutions become increasingly liberal democratic and rationalist. The "classical" theories ...
and
democratization Democratization, or democratisation, is the structural government transition from an democratic transition, authoritarian government to a more democratic political regime, including substantive political changes moving in a democratic direction ...
of Colombia through peace and development of education, health, housing, employment and further economic initiatives. Its president is León Valencia. Boardmembers include Antonio Sanguino, Rodrigo Osorno.''The New York Times''
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rebels, notably from the National Liberation Army. Fifteen employees have been killed in recent years. The organization is protected by 40 bodyguards. It has 200 employees, 115 of whom are former rebels. It is funded by
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the
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, the
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, the
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, etc., with a budget of half a million dollars. U.S. Ambassador
William Brownfield William Rivington Brownfield (born 1952) is a Career Ambassador in the United States Foreign Service and the former Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs as of January 10, 2011. He ha ...
has expressed moral support for the organization. Its headquarters are in Bogota, Colombia.Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada
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External links


Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Corporacion Nuevo Arco Iris Political organisations based in Colombia