peace talks
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Peace talks between the government of Colombia and the country’s second-largest guerrilla group have been delayed again after the rebels failed to release a high-profile hostage, a sign that the group’s lack of coordination could prove an obstacle to the talks’ progress… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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Security forces in Colombia are continuing operations against the country’s second-largest rebel group ahead of planned peace talks, a possible sign that the government intends to keep military pressure on the guerrillas in order to avoid a drawn out negotiating process… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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A Colombian guerrilla group has reportedly kidnapped nearly a dozen rice farmers and is holding them hostage in Venezuela, a sign of increasing militant activity along the border that could have implications for an ongoing peace process… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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Cross-posted with Public Diplomacy Musings For more than two years, the Colombian rebel group known as the FARC has been engaged in negotiations aimed at securing a peace deal with the government. In December 2014, the FARC announced a unilateral ceasefire that it said “should be transformed into an armistice.” The Colombian government appeared to agree. In January, President Juan Manuel
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Cross-posted with Public Diplomacy Musings In a 2013 interview with leading Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos addressed the comments of late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, who had called Colombia “the Israel of Latin America.” “If somebody called my country the Israel of Latin America, I would be very proud. I admire the Israelis, and I would
Mike LaSusa 