Following the Andean diplomatic crisis
Andean diplomatic crisis > Featured articlesBy equinoXio
Wednesday 5 March 2008 23:25 COT
The killing of FARC guerrilla’s number 2 commander, Raúl Reyes, triggered an apparently unexpected diplomatic crisis between Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Though it’s quite hard to catch up with the events (even in our Spanish-language version), we’ll try to work hard to bring you a decent coverage. Here’s our articles on the crisis so far:
- 05 March: Easy! Easy on the crisis!
- 03 March: Colombia will not send troops to borders to Ecuador and Venezuela
- 01 March: FARC number 2 has been killed in combat near Colombia-Ecuador border
You can also follow our coverage on our Spanish-language version. Or, if you’re in a hurry, check out these resources:
- Wikipedia: 2008 Andean diplomatic crisis
- Global Voices Online: Colombia: The Unsettling Conflict with Ecuador and Venezuela
- Global Voices Online: Ecuador: Breaking Diplomatic Ties With Colombia
- Google News Search
Tags: Andean diplomatic crisis, Álvaro Uribe, Colombia, diplomacy, Ecuador, FARC, guerrilla, Hugo Chávez, OAS, Raúl Reyes, Rafael Correa, terrorism, Venezuela
thursday 6 march 2008, 3:12 COT
Julian Ortega,
I still remember that you promised to give the 6th of March Rally as much coverage as you gave to the Government Sponsored Anti -FARC Rally. The latter one started to be reported one week before the events actually happened. But the second one “For the victims” have got no space here yet. Where is the balance?
thursday 6 march 2008, 3:24 COT
Now my comment about the article…
I think the unexpected diplomatic crisis will end in a similarly unexpected war. There are two presidents that were put down by the deception and the unscrupulous lies of Alvaro Uribe. They both have stated that they will not let Colombia go unpunished for what it has done in Ecuador, the raid against FARC Chavez calls a war crime, which resulted in the killing of 22 rebels during their sleep.
thursday 6 march 2008, 7:37 COT
Tequendamia:
The coverage on the anti-FARC march did not started “one week” before the events happened, but two days before, because the march “started” two days before in some places (like USA or Australia).
Besides, no one counted with this diplomatic crisis, which takes a lot of our time, time we’d rather spent writing about the march. This is a voluntary non-profit project, so it depends on how much spare time we have.
It is clear the march for the victims is not as well organized or supported as the former one, for the reasons you may know. Nevertheless, we’ll be there, of course, and we expect to publish our first articles in Spanish later today (the march is at noon) and in English tonight or tomorrow Colombia time.