The Politics of Negotiating Peace in Columbia

The Politics of Negotiating Peace in Columbia

As Colombia’s peace negotiations continue to go nowhere, it is important to consider the role of the United States. It ...
Colombia Peace in Tatters

Colombia Peace in Tatters

As we went to press, the Colombian peace process discussed here broke down again, this time seemingly irreparably. On February ...
Pinochet: The Great Conciliator

Pinochet: The Great Conciliator

On August 19, on the eve of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the military coup headed by General Augusto Pinochet on ...
The Art of Negotiation

The Art of Negotiation

On June 24, 1988 Texas oilman Jake Gambini was kidnapped in Colombia by a group of guerrillas. For the next ...
Elusive Peace: Struggling Against the Logic of Violence

Elusive Peace: Struggling Against the Logic of Violence

Peace? What peace? As far as most Colombians are concerned, the peace process is going nowhere fast. "Do you approve ...
The Failure of Colombia's "Democratic Security"

The Failure of Colombia’s “Democratic Security”

Professor Alfredo Correa De Andreis was a respected member of the community in Barranquilla and a peace activist. He had ...
EL SALVADOR A Negotiated Revolution

EL SALVADOR A Negotiated Revolution

Shortly before midnight on New Year's Eve, at the United Nations Plaza in New York City, Salvadoran Presi- dent Alfredo ...
THE ACCORDS IN BRIEF

THE ACCORDS IN BRIEF

The peace accords, signed on Janu- ary 16, are 122 pages long. They in- clude agreements about the armed forces, ...