Ending Colombia’s FARC Conflict: Dealing the Right Card,* the latest report from the International Crisis Group, argues that the rebel group has suffered severe setbacks, but under its new leader, Alfonso Cano, is not close to military defeat. Since President Álvaro Uribe took office in 2002, it has seen its capability weakened by an aggressive government offensive, but it retains remarkable adaptive capacity.
“President Uribe’s strategy aims at ending the conflict through military victory without political negotiations”, says Mauricio Angel Morales, Crisis Group’s Senior Analyst in Colombia. “However, evidence suggests that the insurgents are not close to defeat in the short- or even medium-term and that the best option for the government is to complement continued military pressure with a comprehensive strategy aimed at establishing peace negotiations.”
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International Crisis Group
Ending Colombia's FARC Conflict: Dealing the Right Card
The Uribe government needs to complement its military approach to defeating the FARC with a political negotiation strategy if it is to end Colombia’s half-century long armed conflict.
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25 de marzo de 2009 a las 7:00 p. m.