For the first time Colombian society has begun to be very demanding in the sense that it is important to have peace but without impunity. Therefore, that historical path must be observed. It is also important to expect consequences, from those who favored from benevolent processes, who hopefully will not become obstacles for balanced processes.
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We applaud (Colombia's) strategy as an ambitious, but realistic package of mutually reinforcing policies. The U.S. government will carefully review Colombia's request for international assistance, and, in consultation with the Congress, develop proposals on how the U.S. can best assist (the Colombian government).
On the contrary, he may decide that it hurts him in terms of his commitments with the North Americans, with Colombian economic groups, with the military high command and with all the other enemies of the (peace) process.
Wellstone was expected to receive a lot of information (from the human-rights groups) about violence committed by the Colombian army, ... If he would be taking that back to the Senate floor, that actually helps the PR campaign of the rebels. It is a strain to think they would want to kill him.
At this stage it does not look very plausible that the Colombian peso will average 2,240 for the year. I am not convinced the peso will have that much momentum to trade below 2,300 again.
These men are on-the-run terrorists, convicted of terrorism in a Colombian court.
Colombian humor is very black, very sarcastic.
A Colombian court issued its verdict that confirmed what we believed from the start that they were three IRA terrorists, explosives experts, who came to Colombia to train
Oh, it was just unbelievable. I knew there were Colombian people in Miami, but I didn't know there were that many. It was fun, and they motivated me.
We followed the money around the globe and into the hands of major Colombian drug traffickers, ... We've shown the black market peso exchange for what it is -- the largest known drug-money laundering mechanism in the Western Hemisphere.
The (Colombian) government's ambitious eradication campaign, to date, has met with heavy resistance from traffickers and armed insurgents,
But it's not only human rights activists who are concerned. The U.S. military is reluctant to be drawn into a counterinsurgency war, ... They don't think it's possible to say you're going to go down there and help the Colombian military shoot drug traffickers without shooting at the FARC, and that makes them very nervous. It's a rebellion that's been going on for some 40 years, and it's plainly not going to come to an end soon -- the Pentagon fears it's a whirlpool that's going to suck them in.
We are discussing the circumstances of their detention with Colombian authorities, but do not have any additional information to provide at this time.
It's long been our position that cooperation between members of the Colombian armed forces and the paramilitary groups is unacceptable, and we welcome this decision by the courts,
We have repeatedly warned that some of the world's oldest and smallest indigenous groups are at high risk not only of displacement, but even of extinction because of the Colombian conflict. All indigenous communities have close links to their ancestral land, on which their cultural survival depends.
I'm Colombian and nothing will change that.