Former Colombian Foreign Minister And FARC Hostage Aspires To Be A ‎Presidential Candidate

January 05, 2009

Fernando Araujo, a former Colombian foreign minister and former hostage of the FARC ‎who fled captivity just two years ago, revealed in an interview published today that he ‎aspires to be a presidential candidate for the Conservative Party in the forthcoming ‎elections.

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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 […]

Former Colombian Foreign Minister And FARC Hostage Aspires To Be A ‎Presidential Candidate

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