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OEA Misión de Apoyo al Proceso de Paz en Colombia - OAS Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia (Sonstige)
Beginn: 02/04
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Colombia sends 13 paramilitary leaders to U.S. (14.05.2008)
(Quelle: Washington Post) Colombia's government extradited 13 top paramilitary warlords to the United States on Tuesday, effectively handing over the most brutal commanders of the country's once-fearsome paramilitary movement. … The extraditions were a sharp departure for a government that until recently had touted the effectiveness of special tribunals designed to try commanders for crimes committed in Colombia's long, shadowy conflict.
Making military progress pay off – ICG policy briefing (29.04.2008)
(Quelle: International Crisis Group (ICG)) Years of President Álvaro Uribe’s intensive security operations against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) are beginning to produce tangible results, but military gains can only succeed if combined with a robust political strategy. “Colombia: Making Military Progress Pay Off”, the latest policy briefing from the International Crisis Group, examines the security progress that has come at the cost of severely deteriorating relations with Ecuador and Venezuela and increased risk of regional isolation after the controversial 1 March 2008 bombing raid on the Ecuador-based camp of Rául Reyes, the FARC’s second-in-command.
Ecuador seeks OAS role in raid row (25.03.2008)
(Quelle: Al Jazeera) Ecuador has said it will take the issue of the killing of one of its citizens during Colombia's March 1 attack on a rebel camp inside its territories before the Organisation of American States (OAS). … Wellington Sandoval, Ecuador's defence minister, earlier said that relations with Colombia had 'become complicated, because an Ecuadoran has died in an attack by a foreign country'.
OEA quiere vigilar acuerdos de frontera (17.03.2008)
(Quelle: El Colombiano) La creación de una comisión multinacional que garantice los acuerdos que plantearon Colombia y Ecuador sobre su frontera será el principal tema que tratará hoy la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA) en la XXV reunión de ministros de relaciones exteriores.
Settling of crisis makes winners of Andes nations, while rebels lose ground (09.03.2008)
(Quelle: New York Times) After leaders in the Andes tiptoed from the edge of war to bear hugs and oaths of brotherhood, Latin America was trying to sort out the winners and losers in the region’s worst diplomatic dispute in years. A day after the crisis was resolved at a summit meeting in the Dominican Republic on Friday, it was already clear that nearly all of the players lost something.
Un chef des FARC tué par un guérillero au cours d'une opération colombienne (08.03.2008)
(Quelle: Le Monde) L'armée colombienne a annoncé, vendredi 7 mars, la mort du chef guérillero Ivan Rios, assassiné par son garde du corps. De son vrai nom Manuel Muñoz Ortiz, il était membre du 'secrétariat' des Forces armées révolutionnaires de Colombie (FARC, extrême gauche).
Regional bloc criticizes Colombia raid in Ecuador (06.03.2008)
(Quelle: New York Times) The Organization of American States approved a resolution on Wednesday declaring the Colombian military raid into Ecuador a violation of sovereignty, in a move aimed at easing a diplomatic crisis in the Andes involving Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.
Colombia neighbours deploy troops (03.03.2008)
(Quelle: BBC) Ecuador and Venezuela have moved troops to their borders with Colombia in an escalating row over the killing of a Farc rebel leader in Ecuador. Ecuador and Venezuela have also both expelled Colombian diplomats. Colombian troops entered Ecuador on Saturday in a raid that killed Colombian rebel leader Raul Reyes.
Golpe de la Policía a un histórico de Farc (Police arrests notorious long-time member of FARC) (27.02.2008)
(Quelle: El Colombiano) Un informante, que recibirá como recompensa 1.700 millones de pesos, fue clave para que la Policía encontrara en una casa del municipio de Saboyá, Boyacá, a uno de los guerrilleros más longevos de las Farc y hombre cercano al máximo jefe de esa organización ilegal, Pedro Antonio Marín, alias 'Manuel Marulanda Vélez' o 'Tirofijo'.
Farc buscarían escenario internacional de negociación al rechazar mediación de España e Iglesia (15.02.2008)
(Quelle: El Tiempo) Según 'Raúl Reyes', vocero de las Farc, citado por la agencia Anncol, afín al grupo guerrillero, tanto la Iglesia como España se habrían 'autoexcluido al ponerse del lado del Gobierno'. Las razones para este argumento podrían hallarse en las palabras de monseñor Pedro Rubiano al rechazar laseclaraciones de la senadora Piedad Córdoba, quien dijo que el acuerdo humanitario y la paz en Colombia pasan por Caracas.
Le chef des FARC appelle à une "offensive générale" en 2008 (03.01.2008)
(Quelle: Le Monde) Le chef des Forces armées révolutionnaires de Colombie (FARC), Manuel Marulanda, demande à ses troupes de 'commencer à préparer les conditions d'une offensive générale' contre le gouvernement du président colombien Alvaro Uribe. Ce message de fin d'année, daté du 24 décembre, a été publié jeudi 3 janvier par l'Agence bolivarienne de presse (ABP), proche de la guérilla.
Uribe offers "meeting zone" for direct talks with rebels (07.12.2007)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Friday offered to talk directly with leftist rebels to secure an exchange of hostages for imprisoned guerrilla fighters, saying he would create a 'meeting zone' for the talks. There was no immediate response from Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels, but the families of the group's hostages said they were encouraged by the move. … In a speech in Bogotá, the president stressed he was not offering a demilitarized zone, which the rebels have demanded for years.
Colombia must sustain recent steps on human rights, development – Ban Ki-moon (30.11.2007)
(Quelle: UN News) Colombia has taken encouraging steps towards establishing peace and security across the country but these measures must be sustained and reinforced over the next few years if they are to have any lasting effect in the Latin American country, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today. In his message to the Third International Conference on Colombia, held in Bogotá, Mr. Ban said recent progress in both the human rights and development fields “signal Colombia’s resurgence from years of conflict” and pledged to strengthen United Nations support of these efforts.
Colombia halts Chávez's rebel mediation role, dimming hopes for prisoner swap (23.11.2007)
(Quelle: Washington Post) Colombia has abruptly ended Venezuelan President Hugo Ch¿vez's role as a go-between with Marxist guerrillas, casting gloom on hopes of a possible prisoner swap that could have freed 45 hostages in hidden rebel camps. The Colombian government said late Wednesday that it was ending Chavez's role as mediator after the garrulous populist sidestepped diplomatic protocol and, in a phone call, spoke directly with the head of Colombia's army about rebel kidnappings of soldiers.
Rebels in Colombia lay more mines, rights group says (25.07.2007)
(Quelle: New York Times) Casualties from land mines used by guerrilla organizations in Colombia have climbed sharply in recent years with civilians suffering increasingly from these inexpensive weapons, a leading human rights group said in a report released Wednesday.
Lawmakers in Colombia urge firing of mediator (26.05.2007)
(Quelle: New York Times) When allegations emerged this month that outlawed Colombian paramilitaries had thrown whiskey-soaked parties with prostitutes in an area set aside for peace talks, Colombia’s Congress expressed shock. Lawmakers have now called for President Álvaro Uribe to dismiss the foreign diplomat who helped oversee the peace mission as a representative of the Organization of American States. In a terse resolution approved Thursday, Colombia’s lower house accused the diplomat, Sergio Caramagna, of Argentina, of “incompetence in his mission.”
Paramilitary ties to elite in Colombia are detailed (22.05.2007)
(Quelle: Washington Post) Top paramilitary commanders have in recent days confirmed what human rights groups and others have long alleged: Some of Colombia's most influential political, military and business figures helped build a powerful anti-guerrilla movement that operated with impunity, killed civilians and shipped cocaine to U.S. cities. The commanders have named army generals, entrepreneurs, foreign companies and politicians who not only bankrolled paramilitary operations but also worked hand in hand with fighters to carry them out.
UN political chief chairs meeting on bringing peace to Colombia (24.04.2007)
(Quelle: UN News) The top United Nations political officer has presided over a meeting bringing together the world body’s senior officials and high-level representatives from the Government of Colombia to discuss efforts to bring peace to the South American country which has seen more than 40 years of fighting between the Government, leftist rebels, right-wing paramilitaries and criminal gangs. Chaired by Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn B. Pascoe, the meeting on Monday “allowed an open and constructive exchange on the United Nations’ work in Colombia, as well as on the status of peace efforts in Colombia,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s spokesperson Michele Montas told reporters today in New York.
Colombia rejects paramilitary report (26.03.2007)
(Quelle: New York Times) Colombia’s government disputed a published report on Sunday of leaked C.I.A. intelligence linking the chief of the army to paramilitary death squads, saying any accusations against him should be made formally through the judicial system. The information in the report, if confirmed, would represent the highest-level connection yet publicly established between military officials in the government of President Álvaro Uribe, a strong ally of the Bush administration, and the paramilitary squads, which are illegal and considered terrorists by the United States. A scandal over ties between some of Mr. Uribe’s allies and the paramilitaries has been dogging him for months.
Colombia head 'ready for talks' (24.02.2007)
(Quelle: BBC) Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has expressed willingness to reopen 'direct contact' with left-wing Farc rebels. In a statement, he also authorised relatives of people abducted by Farc guerrillas to meet the rebels and work towards a prisoner exchange. Farc, the country's largest rebel group, currently holds hundreds of prisoners and political hostages. The move came on the fifth anniversary of the abduction of former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt. Farc - the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - want to exchange about 60 high-profile and foreign hostages - including Ms Betancourt - for about 500 jailed guerrillas as a step towards peace talks.