Colombia Politics » Timochenko http://www.colombia-politics.com Opinion Analysis & Campaigns Sat, 18 Jul 2015 15:40:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.3 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 Keep FARC leader Timochenko alive for peace? http://www.colombia-politics.com/farc-leader-timochenko-peace/ http://www.colombia-politics.com/farc-leader-timochenko-peace/#comments Fri, 11 Apr 2014 17:21:44 +0000 http://www.colombia-politics.com/?p=3722 Colombia has a loose-tongued president. Yesterday, Juan Manuel Santos told us he knew where FARC commander alias Timochenko is hiding, but claimed he’d “think twice” before ordering a shoot-to-kill. Mr Santos believes Timochenko is essential to the peace talks in Havana and that removing him would spell an end to the dialogues. The thinking is […]

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]]> http://www.colombia-politics.com/farc-leader-timochenko-peace/feed/ 0 FARC Santos govt peace talks, who and what? http://www.colombia-politics.com/farc-santos-govt-negotiating-team-and-agenda/ http://www.colombia-politics.com/farc-santos-govt-negotiating-team-and-agenda/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:00:53 +0000 http://www.colombia-politics.com/?p=944   Colombia´s FARC guerrillas are scheduled to meet President Juan Manuel Santos´government in Oslo today ahead of a press conference on Wednesday to announce details of the official start of peace talks. Although secret talks have taken place over more than a year, today´s meeting will be the first time the teams meet to begin […]

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