Dr. Virginia M. Bouvier
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- See my bio.
- Order my book, Colombia: Building Peace in a Time of War
- Order my book: Whose America? The War of 1898 and the Battles to Define a Nation
- Order my book: The Globalization of U.S.-Latin American Relations
- Order my book: Women and the Conquest of California, 1542-1840
- Ahora en español--La construcción de la paz en tiempos de guerra (2014).
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- Gender and the Role of Women in Colombia's Peace Process
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Upcoming USIP Event on Colombia/Película en español
With Hurricane Sandy having been anticipated along the Eastern seaboard for the past few days and hitting with greatest ferocity last night, many of this week’s activities in the greater metropolitan area of DC have been cancelled or postponed. At … Continue reading
Posted in Afro-Colombian, Colombia, Latin America, Peace Initiatives, peace talks, War
Tagged Abigail Disney, Afghanistan, Afro-Colombian, Bosnia, Cauca Department, Colombia, FARC, Latin America, Liberia, peace, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, United States Institute of Peace, Virginia Bouvier, War & Peace, Women
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Lessons for Colombia’s Peace Talks in Oslo and Havana
The installation of the peace table in Norway is now complete, and the delegations are preparing to resume their work in Havana next month. Reflections on what has been learned from the past and what is yet to be learned … Continue reading
Posted in Colombia, Dialogue, Latin America, Peace, Peace Initiatives, peace processes, peace talks, Spanish America, War
Tagged Colombia, construccion de la paz, ELN, FARC, Georgetown University, Latin America, Organization of American States, Oslo, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Sergio Jaramillo, United States Institute of Peace, Virginia Bouvier
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Foro Interamericano
Another post for my Spanish-speaking readers with a clip from a Voice of America television program yesterday morning, October 19th. Click here here to see the tape of the program. For a shorter YouTube version, click here. Aquí va la discusión que se … Continue reading
Posted in Colombia, Latin America, Peace, Peace Initiatives, peace processes, peace talks, Spanish America
Tagged Asamblea Permanente de la Sociedad Civil por la Paz, bouvier, dialogos de paz, FARC, Foro Interamericano, Ginny Bouvier, Gomez, Gomez Buendia, Hernando Gomez Buendia, Humberto de la Calle, Ivan Marquez, la Paz, land reform, Lucho Salcedo, Luis Eduardo Salcedo, Marcha Patriotica, Patricia Dalmasy, paz, peace, peace talks, Salcedo, Spain, Union Patriotica, United States, Virginia Bouvier, VOA, Voice of America, YouTube
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“Will Colombia peace talks end FARC control?” – Inside Story Americas Al Jazeera English
This segment aired last night, October 18, on Al Jazeera English’s “Inside Story” program. Participating in the discussion with me were my colleagues, Marc Chernick and Jim Jones. I am not crazy about the title of the program, which seems a … Continue reading
Posted in Colombia, Dialogue, Latin America, Peace, Peace Initiatives, peace processes, peace talks, Spanish America
Tagged Al Jazeera English, AlJazeera English, bouvier, Colombia, dialogs de paz, Ginny Bouvier, Havana, Humberto de la Calle, Jim Jones, Juan Manuel Santos, Marc Chernick, Oslo, peace, peace talks, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Virginia Bouvier
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The Colombian Government and the FARC have just issued their first joint communique from the second phase of peace talks currently under way in Oslo. Here is the original Spanish version: Comunicado conjunto del Gobierno Nacional y las FARC. The … Continue reading
Lecciones para los diálogos de paz en Oslo y La Habana
Aquí adjunto el texto de un nuevo documento, “Lecciones para los diálogos de paz en Oslo y La Habana,” que se lanza hoy cuatro instituciones–el Instituto Estadounidense para la Paz (United States Institute of Peace/USIP), la Universidad de Georgetown, la Universidad … Continue reading
Posted in Colombia, dialogos de paz, Dialogue, Latin America, Peace, Peace Initiatives, peace processes, peace talks, Spanish America, War
Tagged Bogotá, bouvier, Catholic, Catholic Church, Colombia, Colombian, construccion de la paz, construccion de paz, Cuba, ecumenism, ELN, FARC, Georgetown University, Government of Colombia, Havana, History, iniciativas de paz, International Peace Day, interpol, Juan Manuel Santos, la habana, Latin America, lessons learned, Oslo, oslo peace talks, peace, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Sergio Jaramillo, United States Institute of Peace, Universidad de los Andes, University of the Andes (Colombia)
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Preparations for a Peace Process
On Monday, October 15, the government and FARC negotiators will sit down in Oslo to begin the next phase of the Colombian peace talks. Next Wednesday, they are expected to hold a joint press conference, after which the talks will … Continue reading
Posted in Cauca, Churches, Colombia, Episcopal Conference, Latin America, Peace, Peace Initiatives, peace processes, poetry, Spanish America, Western Hemisphere
Tagged Colombia, Cuba, ELN, FARC, Francisco Galan, Havana, Luis Eduardo Garzon, Oslo, President Santos, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Sergio Jaramillo, World War II
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A Peace Summit of Local Authorities
Last week, I came to Bogotá to participate in the Peace Summit of Mayors and Governors. The event was sponsored by Gustavo Petro, the Mayor of Bogotá, and included the participation of local and regional authorities from some of the most … Continue reading
Posted in Cauca, Civil Society, Colombia, Dialogue, Indigenous, Latin America, Peace, Peace Initiatives, peace processes, peace talks, Spanish America, Western Hemisphere
Tagged Bogotá, Colombia, FARC, Government of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, Havana, Oslo, peace summit, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, San Juanito
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COLOMBIA CALLS 
