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Status update 22 May 2010 | 10:53 pm
Hello, everyone. Thank you for visiting. “Plan Colombia and Beyond” is no longer active, as I – the blog’s principal author – have moved to the Washington Office on Latin America, where I’m directing ...
Colombian presidential polls: a dramatic turn in a single month 27 Apr 2010 | 11:06 pm
With all the usual caveats about polling in Colombia, just look at this chart of all the polls I’ve seen in the past 30 days or so. They show a steady but mounting momentum in favor of former Bogotá ...
20,915 people 22 Apr 2010 | 07:01 am
It’s a good idea to visit the Colombian Defense Ministry’s website every once in a while to view their latest “Operational Results” report (PDF). You get a long powerpoint presentation with the offici...
Two weeks’ notice 21 Apr 2010 | 10:19 am
Dear “Plan Colombia and Beyond†readers, At the end of April, I’ll be leaving the Center for International Policy. This decision owes to financial realities, and has nothing to do with the aff...
Files point to DAS “Political Warfare” 15 Apr 2010 | 02:43 pm
The following images come from files that Colombia’s Prosecutor-General’s Office (FiscalÃa) recently turned over to independent Colombian journalist Hollman Morris. They are shocking and seem to conf...
Friday links 10 Apr 2010 | 05:17 am
Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Arturo Valenzuela spent the week in Ecuador, Colombia and Peru. All week, the State Department’s WHA page has included a broken link to it...
Let’s hope this isn’t true 9 Apr 2010 | 09:35 am
Colombian Vice-President Francisco Santos has faced accusations in the past that, as a journalist and anti-kidnapping activist in the 1990s, he met with paramilitary leaders and suggested they set up ...
A “U.S. base” in Rio? 7 Apr 2010 | 07:14 am
“United States plans new bases in Brazil and Peru to contain Venezuela,” says TeleSur. During his stop in Quito yesterday, the assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Arturo Vale...
Friday links (Monday edition) 6 Apr 2010 | 09:17 am
U.S. and Peruvian vessels perform tactical maneuvers last week in Peruvian territorial waters. (Source) Two popular former mayors turned presidential candidates, Antanas Mockus (two terms in Bogotá)...
A victory for “reverse land reform” 2 Apr 2010 | 06:16 am
In our December report on U.S.-funded counterinsurgency programs in Colombia, we discussed a major threat to these programs’ success: populations’ fear of a “land grab.†Much hinges on land t...
