With my family in tow I’m heading towards La Macarena National Park in southern Colombia, which is home to spectacular …
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Colombia’s president slams “enemies” for “poisoning” peace negotiations with the FARC rebels, foreign companies are looking to Cambodia to limit their overreliance on Chinese factories and Argentinians have celebrated the news of …
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Chinese workers may be heading to Greenland to tap mineral deposits, the IMF gives Argentina a deadline to comply with its rules on reporting inflation statistics or else face repercussions and Scotland will have to renegotiate …
Colombian Peace Talks Start — and So Do the FARC’s Delusional Tirades
After a ceremonial kickoff in Oslo, negotiations between Colombia’s government and Marxist guerrillas resume in Cuba next month. Colombians hope the rebels get back in touch with reality by then
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On deck for Thursday: Uruguay approves first-trimester abortions, Egyptian doctors protest over the state of the country’s public health care, the E.U. and U.S. will start talks on a free trade deal in 2013, Colombian government officials and member of the rebel group FARC meet in Oslo, Australia and India begin talks on civil nuclear …
Cocaine Godmothers and Colombian Guerrillas: Why the Peace Talks in Cuba Matter
Cuba is a fitting setting for the upcoming peace talks between the Colombian government and Marxist guerrillas – if only because it’s a cautionary example for both the right and the left in Latin America.
Colombia’s Delicate Talks With the FARC: Will They Work This Time?
The conflict has lasted for nearly half-century. Can Santos finally bring it to an end via negotiations?
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Syria’s foreign minister speaks, this week’s controversial visits by the Egyptian president and Colombia’s leader confirms peace talks with leftist rebels.
In Colombia, the War Between the Presidents
Ex-President Uribe has several bones to pick with the man whom he annointed as his succesor, incumbent President Santos
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Suspicious Minds – Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reveals that elderly Communist Party members in the Chinese province of Yunnan have been questioned after they penned a letter calling for the sacking of Zhou Yongkang, the country’s top security official, amid rumors of continued infighting following the downfall of Bo Xilai. …
Colombia’s President Talks with TIME About Castro, Capitalism and His Country’s Comeback
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos will host the sixth Summit of the Americas this weekend, April 14 to 15, in the Caribbean city of Cartagena. The hemispheric gathering marks a comeback for Colombia, which is emerging from …
Waiting for the FARC: Colombia’s President Santos Tells TIME He Won’t Move Too Fast
As soon as Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos sat down for an interview with TIME on Monday, April 2, at the Casa de Nariño presidential palace in Bogotá, he checked his watch. During that hour he knew a large helicopter …