Word: farce
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...collapse of peace talks, the government said it might introduce a "war tax" and U.S. legislators voted to expand America's involvement in the country. The U.S. House of Representatives approved a resolution supporting the idea of widening U.S. aid beyond antinarcotics initiatives. In the latest wave of violence, farc rebels bombed municipal installations inside their former safe haven for the first time...
COLOMBIA The Final Straw Warplanes began bombing rebel territory, and the army moved thousands of troops to the area, after the government canceled peace talks. President Andrés Pastrana broke off negotiations with FARC guerrillas after rebels hijacked a civilian plane and abducted a senator...
...government cease-fire offer, Colombia's largest rebel group demanded the withdrawal of U.S. military advisers and an end to Plan Colombia, President Andrés Pastrana's effort to fight drug trafficking, a key source of rebel income. The call from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) came two days after Washington announced an expansion of its military-aid package. FARC accused the U.S. of a "humiliating violation of our national sovereignty...
...even as the President set another deadline for a cease-fire timetable, observers of the three-year peace process were hopeful of maintaining the momentum. The difference, they said, was the presence of international negotiators, including a U.N. envoy and diplomats from 10 countries. Renewed bombing attacks by FARC guerrillas in areas south of the capital left others less convinced...
...Both the FARC and the government say they want peace. So what's the problem? The big reasons: the FARC makes a lot of money from the drug business - which they'd presumably have to renounce if peace came; the military is itching to hit decisive blows at the FARC in order to force the guerrillas to beg for peace. Then there are the far-right and murderous paramilitaries, who also plan to keep killing, and who hate the existence of the "FARC-land" enclave. Everyone wants peace - but on their terms...