Tag Archives: Colombia

May 10th: Save the Date!

Posted on April 25, 2011 by

 On May 10th, the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London is publishing a massive dump of never-bef0re-published Raul Reyes laptop docs: courtesy of a leak-cum-final-parting-fuck-you-from-Uribe-to-his-onetime-protegé. Now that FARC is pretty much licked and evicted from the Venezuelan side of … Continue reading →

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Alek goes all-out on Santos

Posted on April 18, 2011 by

Fellow blogger Alek Boyd has an article over on The Commentator about Colombia-Venezuela relations. It’s a provocative read – the title alone should tell you that. I get where Alek is coming from, but ultimately, Santos has made a choice … Continue reading →

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“When two leaders fight, it’s their peoples who suffer in the end…”

Posted on April 12, 2011 by

Juan Manuel Santos says he knows for a fact there are no more FARC camps in Venezuela. Think about it – that’s huge! Santos continues to far exceed the expectations of those of us who’d feared a presidency of maximalist … Continue reading →

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Santos Does His Job; Venezuelan Reactionaries Blanche

Posted on April 11, 2011 by

It’s fun to see the horrified responses in bits of Venezuela’s further-right-wing blogosphere at Juan Manuel Santos’s newfound partnership with Chávez. Some of these guys just can’t believe the guy who was supposed to be to the right of Uribe … Continue reading →

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