7 November 2013
by Latin America & Caribbean Program Staff
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The Colombian government and negotiators for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) agreed on Wednesday 6 November that FARC would be able to participate in democratic politics once a final peace agreement is ratified. Javier Ciurlizza, Latin America Program … Continue reading
18 October 2013
by Christian Voelkel
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By Christian Voelkel (@voelkelchr) Twelve months after the ceremonial opening of peace talks between the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), there are growing concerns that the process might run into trouble … Continue reading
19 September 2013
by Latin America & Caribbean Program Staff
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By Christian Voelkel (@voelkelchr), Colombia Analyst, and Anna Crowe, Henigson Human Rights Fellow, Harvard Law School A Spanish version of this post originally appeared in Razón pública. As talks between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) make headway … Continue reading
28 May 2013
by Christian Voelkel
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By Christian Voelkel, Analyst, Colombia/Andes Read this post in Español. After six months of bilateral negotiations in Havana, representatives from the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) announced on 26 May a breakthrough in their attempt to settle … Continue reading
7 February 2013
by Christian Voelkel
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Despite tensions triggered by FARC’s kidnapping of three members of the security forces last month and the military killing of a high-ranking guerrilla commander, the current peace talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) stand a fair chance … Continue reading
12 October 2012
by Christian Voelkel
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A diez años del último intento serio por alcanzar un acuerdo político con las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), nuevas negociaciones políticas entre el gobierno y la guerrilla comenzarán en Oslo este mes. Dichas negociaciones tienen más posibilidades de … Continue reading
8 October 2012
by Christian Voelkel
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Ten years after the end of the last serious attempt to reach a political settlement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), fresh peace negotiations between the government and the guerrillas will begin in Oslo later this month. The … Continue reading
21 February 2012
by Christian Voelkel
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Colombian officials like to say that a recent law mandating the reparation of four million victims and the restitution of millions of hectares of stolen land will suck the political oxygen out of Latin America’s longest-surviving guerrilla movement. But can … Continue reading