Latin American Program in the News: Peace with FARC possibly within reach
Director Cynthia J. Arson remarks upon the encouraging prospects of a negotiated peace agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC while addressing the concerns that lay ahead.
SIGNIFICANCE: A nearly 50-year conflict with Farc has significant potential to draw to a close this year — the result of a decade-long campaign to destabilize the guerrilla group and mutual concessions by Farc and the Colombian government.
CONNECTION: Agreement by Farc to negotiate can be credited in part to the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (EC Mar.8’13). “Electoral victories of the left in Latin America have shown that there is another route to power,” says the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Arnson.
NEXT: With Farc negotiations well underway, reports broke this week that the smaller ELN guerrilla group is willing to hold similar peace discussions with the government as soon as this year.
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Latin America Program
The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action. Read more
Latin America Program
The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action. Read more