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Possible Options on Venezuela

By , Bogota, Colombia,

Editor’s note: As a private citizen, Steve Salisbury has provided observations to United States high-ranking officials of both Republican and Democratic administrations and played what could be said was a key role as a de facto precursor “intermediary” between US officials and Colombia’s FARC guerrilla group before the naming of a US presidential special envoy to the peace process between the Colombian government and FARC, which together signed a peace accord in late 2016. The report herewith is an edited, expanded version of one that Salisbury wrote and sent recently to US State Department senior officials and other US inter-agency officials who cover Venezuela.

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1) No Colombian Government-FARC Overall Peace Agreement by March 23 and No Guarantee for It in 2016

By , Bogota, Colombia,

Author with Juan Manuel Santos

It appears to be that the odds are heavily against an overall complete peace agreement being signed between the Colombian government and FARC by March 23, from where things stand now and as I predicted earlier in my reports to US officials, basing my … [Continue reading]

2) What about Colombia’s Second-Largest Guerrilla Group, the “National Liberation Army” (ELN), in This?

By , Bogota, Colombia,

Another question that could affect the length of the peace talks with the FARC is the matter of Colombia’s second-largest guerrilla movement, the “National Liberation Army” (ELN), which says its date of founding was July 4, 1964, a couple months … [Continue reading]