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Diciembre 28, 2004
Colombia Policy Blog
Read the Center of International Policy Colombia Program blog. After reading the aforementioned book about Colombia, I realized I knew next to nothing about that troubled country. Obviously there has to be something historical that we can learn from Colombia (from a Bolivian standpoint).
It is a very good blog that recently started in October. I first became aware of the Center of International Policy after hearing its President, former ambassador Robert White, speak at my alma mater.
Every so often, reports in Bolivian newspapers indicate that members of the FARC and/or ELN have infiltrated some of the social movements, in particular the cocaleros, providing financial and technical assistance.
I'm very interested in learning the connections between Colombian guerrillas and Bolivian groups. What has been the contact between Evo Morales and the FARC or ELN? Whether there are actual connections or invented links, is unknown. Thankfully violence in Bolivia has been infinitesimal in comparison to the tragedies in Colombia. But why is that? (not that I'm complaining). Surely greater poverty and higher incidents of corruption doesn't reduce the possibility of these conflicts and violence.
Posted by eduardo at Diciembre 28, 2004 02:20 PM