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TIME.com: Secretary of State Colin Powell arrives in Colombia today amid signs of strain both in U.S. policy towards that country and in President Andres Pastrana's own plan to make peace with leftist guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). What's the current outlook...
...Peter Katel: Short of a top-to-bottom reassessment of the U.S. role in Colombia, which is unlikely, the outlook is for continued U.S. support for Pastrana and the peace process. That said, Washington, like many Colombian military officers, has no enthusiasm for the continued existence of "FARClandia," the Switzerland-sized chunk of territory the government turned over to the guerillas two-and-a-half years ago which the Colombian army is forbidden to enter. Many Colombians, especially urban Colombians, see that the FARC got something for free, because it hasn't let up on its insurgency despite being given...
...island's southeast, leaving 17 police dead in several hours of fighting, while an attack on the front lines in the northeast killed seven soldiers. Fourteen rebels died in the battles. Sri Lankan air force jets bombed rebel positions in the north of the country in retaliation. COLOMBIA Irish Visitors Three alleged members of the Irish Republican Army were arrested and formally charged with providing training to local guerrilla forces and using false documents. The men were seized at an airport in Bogotá as they prepared to leave the country. Colombian authorities said the suspects could be held...
...Take Colombia, for example: A young boy or girl in rural Putumayo has the choice between the despairing poverty of peasant life, cultivating coca for sale to narco-traffickers, or joining the wealthiest guerrilla army in history, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia which is believed to rake in hundreds of millions of dollars every year from "taxing" the narcotics industry. They're well-fed, well-armed, and are even reported to take seaside vacations in Panama. Life in the FARC can be dangerous, of course - it is, after all, an army at war. But not necessarily more dangerous than...
...upgrade the relationship with Mexico are to be applauded. But elsewhere, his nomination of veterans of Reagan's contra wars to top positions is unlikely to be well-received, and the floundering drug war - as well as mounting confrontations between U.S.-backed government forces and leftist rebels in Colombia - may soon be demanding urgent attention...