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Tag Archives: FARC
Tradtional Advertising, Non-tradtional Brands: Colombia’s Ministry of Defense and The Government of Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli
Colombian Government Spends Money to Talk to FARC Rebels
Advertising Age, a leading trade in the advertising industry, published a story on its front page during the week of 16 November about an established ad campaign with a non-traditional target audience: members of the FARC.
The campaign, sponsored by the Colombian Ministry of Defense and created pro [...]
Colombia’s FARC rebels. Headed for defeat or hunkering down?
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 [...]
The War on Drugs: Eradication of Colombia’s Indigenous People
The deadline for the FARC to return the slain bodies of the 27 Awa indigenous community members killed earlier this month expired at 6:00 PM on February 23, 2009. The killings, carried out on two separate occasions in the Nariño area of southwestern Colombia, have brought terror to the region and left more than 400 [...]
Posted in Colombia Also tagged Alvaro Uribe, drug war, Human Rights, indigenous groups Leave a comment
The use of the Red Cross in Operation Jaque: Why did it take a leaked video for us to find out?
It was CNN that first reported on July 15 that a military officer had apparently used the Red Cross emblem during Operation Jaque. CNN had seen a tape leaked by a military officer that showed the use of the emblem. Even though CNN chose not to pay for the video and pictures at the [...]
Colombia as Israel and the Andes as the Middle East?
On March 3, Venezuelan President Chávez called the Colombian government the “Israel of Latin America” stating, “we aren’t going to permit Colombia to become the Israel of these lands.” But this week’s comparisons of the Andes with the Middle East and Colombia with Israel did not stop there. Some of the comments were simply [...]
Posted in Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela Also tagged Alvaro Uribe, border issues, ELN, Israel, Ivan Rios, Rafael Correa, Raul Reyes Leave a comment
The Crisis Has Been Overcome?
After six days of tension which led some to fear inter-state armed conflict in the Andes, the conflict was declared “overcome” by Presidents Uribe, Correa, Chávez, and Ortega on Friday afternoon at the Rio Summit in the Dominican Republic. After a week of insulting each other, the Presidents reacted positively to Dominican President Fernandez’s [...]
Posted in Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela Also tagged Alvaro Uribe, border issues, ELN, Hugo Chavez, Rafael Correa 1 Comment
Raúl Reyes 1948-2008: Internal and Regional Implications
Early Saturday morning, the Colombian armed forces bombed a target on the Ecuadorian side of the Colombian-Ecuadorian border where they believed Raúl Reyes, the second in command of the FARC, would be that night. After bombing the location twice, Colombian troops crossed the border and brought Reyes’ body and 3 laptops back to the [...]
Posted in Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela Also tagged Alvaro Uribe, ELN, Rafael Correa, Raul Reyes 2 Comments
February 4 vs. March 6: Moving Toward Peace or Creating Divisions?
On February 4, 2008, millions of Colombians stepped out to the streets to protest against the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC). In Bogotá some streets were abandoned as it seemed the entire population gathered in designated intersections waving placards and banners. In all, about 2 million people came together in Bogotá, and [...]
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