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	<title>Latin American Thought &#187; Alvaro Uribe</title>
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		<title>On Extraditions and Colombian-Panamanian Ties</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2012/01/04/on-extraditions-and-colombian-panamanian-ties/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2012/01/04/on-extraditions-and-colombian-panamanian-ties/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alvaro Uribe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chuzadas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Juan Manuel Santos]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=448</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Much has been made about Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos&#8217; success at mending relations with his neighbors to the east and south. Rightly so. Given the difficult situation he inherited from his predecessor, this is no small feat.
But Santos&#8217; newest diplomatic test may now come from the north.
On Jan. 3, Panamanian Foreign Minister Roberto Henriquez [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colombia Post-Election Analysis – From the Top</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2010/06/01/colombia-post-election-analysis-%e2%80%93-from-the-top/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2010/06/01/colombia-post-election-analysis-%e2%80%93-from-the-top/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alvaro Uribe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antanas Mockus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[German Vargas Lleras]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Juan Manuel Santos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Partido de la U]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Partido Verde]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=309</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was extremely lucky to be in Bogota last week, meeting with bunch of different people and talking about what have been some of the most unique and exciting elections in Latin America.
I could feel the excitement from my desk in Washington. The intensity was exponentially multiplied on the steps of Plaza Bolivar. Debates, campaign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scare Tactics in Colombian Presidential Elections</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2010/04/16/scare-tactics-in-colombian-presidential-elections/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2010/04/16/scare-tactics-in-colombian-presidential-elections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alvaro Uribe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andres Felipe Arias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antanas Mockus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Campaign Tactics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FARC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Juan Manuel Santos]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=288</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Soft on Terrorism.
The well-worn phrase is one that the US public has grown accustomed to. Like nationalism, it is a tactic that political campaigners use in attempts to disparage one candidate while strengthening the other.
During the 2008 presidential campaign in the United States, Republican candidate John McCain accused Democratic candidate Barack Obama of being soft [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Venezuelan-Colombian Relations at World Politics Review</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2010/03/11/venezuelan-colombian-relations-at-world-politics-review/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2010/03/11/venezuelan-colombian-relations-at-world-politics-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alvaro Uribe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diplomacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FARC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hugo Chavez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Politics Review]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=218</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Diplomatic relations between Colombia and Venezuela have been at the front lines since a Spanish judge accused Venezuela of assisting FARC rebels on March 1, two years to the day after a raid by Colombian soldiers in Ecuador prompted one of the worst regional diplomatic disputes in recent memory.
The accusations are hardly new; in fact, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Not Being Disliked is as Powerful as Being Liked</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2010/03/06/why-not-being-disliked-is-as-powerful-as-being-liked/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2010/03/06/why-not-being-disliked-is-as-powerful-as-being-liked/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sebastian Chaskel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alvaro Uribe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Americas Quarterly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andres Felipe Arias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gustavo Petro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Juan Manuel Santos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Noemi Sanin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rafael Pardo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sergio Fajardo]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=208</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently wrote an article for the Americas Quarterly blog in which I argued that in Colombia&#8217;s second round of elections for the presidency not being disliked may be even more of a deciding factor than being liked by voters. 
Campaign Season in Colombia
Colombian President Álvaro Uribe and his allies were already taking candidate-like precautions before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disheartening Aspects of Colombia&#8217;s Congressional Elections</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2010/03/02/disheartening-aspects-of-colombias-congressional-elections/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2010/03/02/disheartening-aspects-of-colombias-congressional-elections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sebastian Chaskel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alvaro Uribe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aura Cristina Geithner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maria Fernanda Valencia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Uribe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Santiago Morales]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=196</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some things may be comical when you see them in movies, yet somewhat worrying when they are part of the democracy you count on.
Such is the case with María Fernanda Valencia, Candidate for the Partido de la U, who made it to the front cover of the Colombian magazine Soho (a classier version of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond Playa del Carmen: Tourism and Diplomacy in Ecuador and Colombia</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2010/03/02/seeing-beyond-playa-del-carmen-tourism-and-diplomacy-in-ecuador-and-colombia/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2010/03/02/seeing-beyond-playa-del-carmen-tourism-and-diplomacy-in-ecuador-and-colombia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecuador]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alvaro Uribe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diplomacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nation Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rafael Correa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=192</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week&#8217;s Rio Summit between high ranking dignitaries of the Americas &#8211; The United States and Canada conspicuously excluded &#8211; produced a number of notable events:

The      announcement of the creation of a Brazil-led regional bloc to convene in      July 2011
Universal      [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election Season in Colombia</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2010/02/27/election-season-in-colombia/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2010/02/27/election-season-in-colombia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sebastian Chaskel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alvaro Uribe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andres Felipe Arias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[German Vargas Lleras]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gustavo Petro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Juan Manuel Santos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Noemi Sanin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rafael Pardo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sergio Fajardo]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=180</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Constitutional Court&#8217;s ruling last night blocking the possibility of President Uribe&#8217;s reelection lifted a weight off the country&#8217;s shoulders. Even Uribe, who found out about the Court&#8217;s decision through his Blackberry at a a press conference about health reform in Barranquilla, reacted with a nervous smile.
Many Colombians, who heard the news over television and radio waves [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colombia&#8217;s Internally Displaced: Out of Tercer Milenio Park, Problems Remain</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2009/10/11/colombias-internally-displaced-out-of-tercer-milenio-park-problems-remain/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2009/10/11/colombias-internally-displaced-out-of-tercer-milenio-park-problems-remain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:48:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alvaro Uribe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internally Displaced Persons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Protests]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=130</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, I wrote a commentary for the Americas Quartetly Blog about a recent settlement between the Colombian government and leaders of a group of Internally Displaced Peoples (IDPs) who had been squatting for over four months in a park in Bogota.
1) Indigenous groups,  2) IDPs, and 3) human rights organizations have accused [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colombia&#8217;s FARC rebels. Headed for defeat or hunkering down?</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2009/03/22/colombias-farc-rebels-headed-for-defeat-or-hunkering-down/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2009/03/22/colombias-farc-rebels-headed-for-defeat-or-hunkering-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aleszu Bajak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latin America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alvaro Uribe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FARC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manuel Marulanda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Withering military pressure by President Álvaro Uribe’s government has forced Colombian’s largest leftist rebel group, the FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia), to dig itself even deeper into the Colombian countryside.  In 2008, more than 3,000 rebels surrendered their weapons and accepted Uribe’s desertion package.  The kidnapping rate has taken a nose dive [...]]]></description>
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