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Jaque, a “perfect” rescue operation

Sunday 13 July 2008 23:42

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Yolanda Pulecio, Colombian military chief general Fredy Padilla de León, Íngrid Betancourt and Defence Minister Juan Manuel Santos, at Bogotá’s CATAM military airport, on 2 July 2008 afternoon (Photo credit: Juan Felipe Barriga / Secretaría de Prensa de la Presidencia de la República)
“Perfect”. The term Íngrid Betancourt used to refer […]

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After Marulanda’s death, what is the future of FARC?

Tuesday 10 June 2008 0:02

Pedro Antonio Marín (Manuel Marulanda Vélez, Tirofijo or Sureshot) and Guillermo León Sáenz (Alfonso Cano)

On 25 May 2008, Rodrigo Londoño, aka Timoleón Jiménez or Timochenko, confirmed the death last 26 March of 78-year-old Pedro Antonio Marín, aka Manuel Marulanda Vélez or Tirofijo (Sureshot), Colombian guerrilla FARC’s top leader. The confirmation came on a video broadcast […]

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Alfonso Cano, peace or war ideologue?

Monday 9 June 2008 23:39

Marulanda died and Colombia starts to get used to it. After the euphoria of the Uribista hawks who, headed by Interior Minister Holguín, came out to preach the enemy’s total extermination, everything will return to normal. The FARC are not over, and peace is not so close either.

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