Dr. Virginia M. Bouvier
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Category Archives: Peace
For those who were not following the confusing ebb and flow of the peace talks last week, this post summarizes some of the highlights. On August 20th, the second day of the thirteenth round of talks in Havana, FARC negotiator … Continue reading
El sábado 10 de agosto, después de prolongar su trabajo por varios días, las delegaciones del gobierno colombiano y de las FARC-EP culminaron la duodécima ronda de conversaciones en La Habana. En una declaración conjunta, anunciaron que habían iniciado la construcción de … Continue reading
The parties completed their tenth round of talks in Havana on Friday, June 21, and issued their first joint report on the status of the negotiation process. The report is a detailed accounting of the peace talks thus far, and … Continue reading
The Role of the Churches in the Struggle for Peace
In an earlier blog, I discussed President Santos’s visit to Rome last month and some recent peace-related initiatives of the Catholic church in Colombia. This post will look more broadly at the roles of the churches with regard to peace … Continue reading
Posted in Bouvier, Colombia, ecumenism, Episcopal Conference, Latin America, Peace, peace processes, Pope Francis, Protestant, Spirituality, violence, War, Western Hemisphere, Women
Tagged Bogotá, Catholic, CEDECOL, CINEP, Colombia, Comision Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz, ecumenical, Ecumenical Forum for Peace, FARC, Jenny Neme, Justapaz, Latin America, Mencoldes, Pastoral Social, Ricardo Esquivia, Virginia Bouvier, women peace builders
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Ver aquí una entrevista que se hizo en Café con Fe, un programa en el Canal Capital de Bogotá. Se entrevistó a una pastora norteamericana que pertenece a una delegación que visitó a Colombia. (Michael Joseph se pasa como traductor.) … Continue reading
The negotiating teams were back at work this morning in Havana after having reached agreement on rural agrarian reforms at the end of the last round of talks. (See my earlier blog posts.) It’s been a busy day. Venezuelan President … Continue reading
Press for Peace is on
Since the April 9th rallies for peace, President Santos appears to be recognizing the need for a public campaign to accompany the confidential peace negotiations in Havana. Signs of this new era are apparent in the quantity and quality of … Continue reading
Posted in Colombia, Latin America, Peace, Peace Initiatives, peace processes, peace talks, Spanish America
Tagged Bogotá, Colombia, FARC, Government of Colombia, joe biden, joseph biden, Juan Manuel Santos, Latin America, peace negotiations, politics, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Virginia Bouvier
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Agreement Reached on Rural Reforms
On Sunday, May 26, the delegates of the Colombian government and the FARC-EP gathered for a joint press conference following their ninth round of talks in Havana to announce that they had reached an agreement they called “Toward a New … Continue reading
El domingo, 26 de mayo, el gobierno colombiano y las Farc anunciaron que llegaron a un acuerdo sobre el primer punto de la agenda sobre desarrollo agrario integral. Aquí es el anuncio de los delegados del Gobierno y las FARC-EP … Continue reading
I just returned from Vancouver, where I participated in workshops at the University of British Colombia and Simon Fraser University on the peace processes in Turkey and Colombia. (See my previous post for details of the conference.) It was stimulating … Continue reading
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