Colombia Politics » Peace http://www.colombia-politics.com Opinion Analysis & Campaigns Sat, 18 Jul 2015 15:40:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.4 FARC peace accords signed by 22 February http://www.colombia-politics.com/farc-peace-by-22-february/ http://www.colombia-politics.com/farc-peace-by-22-february/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2014 21:15:38 +0000 http://www.colombia-politics.com/?p=4013 Peace with the FARC guerrillas must be signed by 22 February to be put to a referendum on 25 October; the day of Colombia’s local and regional elections. Colombia’s Constitutional Court has ruled that President Santos must present any peace agreement with the Marxist rebels to Congress no later than 24 February, and that the […]

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]]> http://www.colombia-politics.com/farc-peace-by-22-february/feed/ 0 Peace, equality and education http://www.colombia-politics.com/peace-equality-education/ http://www.colombia-politics.com/peace-equality-education/#comments Sun, 12 Oct 2014 12:21:22 +0000 http://www.colombia-politics.com/?p=3961 The holy trinity. That’s what Colombia’s President Santos is promising in his second four year term. Peace, equality (or more precisely, equity) and education; the three pillars of the new administration. Any businessman will tell you to under promise and over deliver. Not a lesson Mr Santos appears to understand. He breathlessly urges, “together, for […]

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]]> http://www.colombia-politics.com/peace-equality-education/feed/ 0 Vote for peace, vote for Santos? http://www.colombia-politics.com/vote-peace-vote-santos/ http://www.colombia-politics.com/vote-peace-vote-santos/#comments Thu, 03 Apr 2014 11:56:01 +0000 http://www.colombia-politics.com/?p=3702 If Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos has his way May’s election will be a referendum on one issue; peace negotiations with the FARC guerrillas. One of Santos’ campaign slogans is “together for peace”, while his logo reminds me of a dove draped in the LGBT rainbow flag. The “president-candidate” as he is now called, even claimed […]

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