Word: farce
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...expecting. In fact, Armed Forces Commander Fernando Tapias tells TIME, the next 60 days will be filled with tension and the next three years could see the heaviest fighting yet. And the Colombian government wants even more help from the U.S. in fighting the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC...
...Colombians will be electing a president on May 26, and members of congress and mayors before that, in March. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, who so far control the rhythm of combat, may want to avoid a hardline presidential candidate from winning - which he could do if the FARC don't agree to a temporary ceasefire...
...Tres Esquinas," a military base carved out of the Southern Colombia jungle where the U.S.-financed "Plan Colombia" has its field headquarters, commanders and soldiers - and their U.S. advisers - are planning to step up the pressure on the FARC's drug enterprises. Peace will be won by the "force of arms," says the top Colombian Air Force commander at the base...
...That's FARC doctrine too. Emerging from its jungle and mountain hideouts, the guerrillas have been ambushing troops and blowing up so many electricity pylons that some provinces are rationing electricity. Sabotage could hit Bogota itself, where the FARC has its urban "militia" in the slums at the capital's southern end. In Washington, the Colombian ambassador is lobbying for the U.S. to drop the Plan Colombia restriction that limits U.S. aid strictly to the drug-war campaign. The Colombians want U.S. training for a new mobile battalion that would protect the country's infrastructure...
...eyes are on Washington. Ever since September 11, the Colombian brass and Colombian civilians in general have been hoping aloud that the FARC's presence on the State Department's international terrorist list signaled more U.S. help - though not troops - against the FARC. Specifically, the Colombians want more U.S. technical intelligence, including help intercepting FARC sat phone calls...