Colombia Increases Military Presence Targeting the FARC

July 13, 2012

Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzón announced that Government forces will not lessen their efforts and operations to take the areas used as a base by the FARC in the department of Cauca, resulting in the latest terrorist attacks targeting the population, which he characterized as barbaric.

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For decades, Ecuador was perceived as an exception in a region plagued by drug trafficking, armed violence, and criminal capture of the state. While neighboring countries faced open wars between cartels and state forces, Ecuador seemed to remain on the sidelines of these dynamics. That image began to slowly crack and finally collapsed in January […]

Colombia Increases Military Presence Targeting the FARC

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