CLAS is participating in a cooperative research project with the United States Institute of Peace, the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, and the Colombian Jesuit Research Institute, CINEP, on the legacy of past peace negotiations and the prospect for peace in Colombia.
To mark the 10 year anniversary of the breakdown of negotiations with the FARC in San Vicente del Caguan on February 20, 2002, the project has published “10 Years After Caguán: Lessons for Peace in Colombia Today.”
*Read*
For full pdf of the publication, please click here (Spanish) or click here (English).
*Listen*
CLAS Professor Marc Chernick, along with Virginia Bouvier of the U.S. Institute of Peace, spoke with Adam Isacson of the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) regarding the research project. To listen to the podcast on the WOLA websiste, click here.
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*Related Interviews & Commentary*
Colombian magazine Semana interviewed CLAS Professor Marc Chernick regarding the conditions necessary to pursue an end to the armed conflict between the Colombian government and the FARC. For full text (Spanish) pdf of the interview published on 9 February 2012, click here. For full text (Spanish) on Semana.com, please click here.
CLAS Professor Marc Chernick appeared on Al Jazeera on 4 April 2012 following the FARC's release of 10 hostages to discuss its implications on prospects for negotiations. To view the view the full interview on Al Jazeera.com, click here.
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