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FILTER RESULTS ►Bill Clinton visits Colombia, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Former President Clinton visited Colombia last week, meeting with President Juan Manuel Santos and visiting Bogota, where Mayor Gustavo Petro showed him around the city in an electric taxi.
Colombia's President: Nobel Peace Prize?
During the afternoon of March 4, 2013, Colombians found out [es] that their current president, Juan Manuel Santos, is one of the 259 candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize. Various netizens showed their disagreement using the hashtag #SantosNobeldelainfamia [es, Santos Nobel of Infamy]. Written by Cati Restrepo · Translated by...
Craig K. Comstock: Just Say No to Drug War?
Juan Manuel Santos, incumbent President of Colombia, which has fought a long-time war on drugs with the support of the U.S., has just signed a public letter questioning that war on grounds of efficacy, cost, side effects, and fairne...
Daily Headlines: November 29, 2012
Colombia: A recent International Court of Justice on Colombian territory and public doubts over peace talks with the FARC have caused the approval rating of President Juan Manuel Santos to plummet by fifteen points in two months. Latin America: A U.N. Show More Summary
Daily Headlines: October 2, 2012
Colombia: President Juan Manuel Santos announced that he would undergo surgery on Wednesday in order to treat a “non-aggressive prostate cancer.” Caribbean: A “Border of Lights” commemoration will be held in the Dominican Republic this week in memory of the thousands of Haitians killed in the "parsley massacre" seventy-five years ago. Show More Summary
Colombia's president announces he has cancer
Juan Manuel Santos will undergo surgery to remove tumour located in his prostate gland on Wednesday.
Colombia’s President Has Prostate Cancer
(BOGOTA, Colombia) — Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced Monday that he has prostate cancer. He said the tumor was caught early and would be removed this week. The 61-year-old Santos told reporters in announcing the cancer at the presidential palace, his wife Maria Clemencia at his side, that he has a 97 percent chance [...]
Presidents of Guatemala, Colombia, and Mexico Urge U.N. to Consider Changing the Drug War
Otto Perez Molina, of Guatemala, along with Juan Manuel
Santos of Colombia, and Philipe Calderon of Mexico
yesterday spoke at the U.N. and urged serious discussion of
drug policy. This was not based on libertarian pleas for freedom,
but...Show More Summary
Colombia: Political Blog ‘Atrabilioso' Closes Down
After 7 years and thousands of posts by several contributors, the political blog Atrabilioso, managed by journalist Jaime Restrepo Vásquez, closed last August 31. The blog's contributors were critics of President Juan Manuel Santos‘ administration and staunch supporters of former President Álvaro Uribe. Written by Julián Ortega Martínez · comments...
Last old-school Colombian drug kingpin captured
The last of the old-school Colombian drug lords has been captured in Venezuela, said Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos during a televised speech on Tuesday. Daniel Barrera, also known as "Crazy Barrerra" or "The Madman" had a $5 million U.S. bounty on his head.
Top Colombian drug lord captured in Venezuela
BOGOTA (Reuters) - One of Colombia's most wanted drug traffickers was captured in neighboring Venezuela on Tuesday with the help of Caracas as well as British and U.S. intelligence agencies, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said. Show More Summary
Columbia Peace Talks To Further Fuel Ecopetrol
By Tony Daltorio: Earlier this month, it was confirmed by Columbian President Juan Manuel Santos and the Marxist Farc guerrilla movement that an agreement had been reached on a road map that may end Latin America's longest running insurgency. Show More Summary
Colombia: Santos's dangerous gambit
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos's announcement hat he has agreed to peace talks with the narco-terrorist FARC is a dangerous gambit that threatens to undo a decade's worth of hard-won military gains that have rescued ColombiaShow More Summary
Colombia President Rejects FARC Proposal for Truce
President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday night rejected a proposal by Colombia's main leftist rebel movement to observe a cease-fire during peace talks that are to begin next month in Norway
Colombia: Five Key Points for Negotiations with FARC
Bloggings by boz highlights the five key points that President Juan Manuel Santos presented for negotiation in talks with the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia). One of these key points is, The end of armed conflict, including disarming and reintegrating FARC combatants into civilian life. This is what the...
Colombian rebels' rap video hits a sour note
Colombia’s president, Juan Manuel Santos, announced Tuesday that his government has agreed to a road map to launch peace talks with the country’s largest and oldest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.
Peace Talks with the FARC: A Good Idea?
By Juan Carlos Hidalgo Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos said yesterday that his government will start “exploratory” peace talks with the FARC guerrillas, the oldest insurgency in the Americas. The announcement, which was widely expected in recent weeks, is highly controversial in Colombia. Show More Summary
Colombia-Farc peace talks: 50 years of guerilla warfare
Rebel group fighting since 1964 may come in from the cold – but what is Farc?
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COLOMBIA'S president, Juan Manuel Santos, has confirmed that his government is holding talks with the left-wing armed rebel group Farc. Show More Summary
Colombia’s President: Talks Held with FARC Rebels
(BOGOTA, Colombia) — President Juan Manuel Santos said Monday that his government has opened “exploratory talks” with Colombia’s main rebel groups in a bid to end a stubborn half-century-old conflict. Santos’ announcement in a brief televised address followed mounting rumors of talks supposedly held in Cuba between representatives of his government and the leftist Revolutionary [...]
Colombia: President and Indigenous Leaders Meet to Discuss Cauca Conflict
President Juan Manuel Santos met with the indigenous people of the Cauca to hear their grievances and to talk about the ongoing conflict in this department. Thousands of indigenous people came from several regions of the country with the intention of speaking with the President and to push an initiative of peace. The meeting ended without having reached substantial agreements.
