Dr. Virginia M. Bouvier
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Category Archives: Spanish America
Termina octava ronda de conversaciones en La Habana
COMUNICADO CONJUNTO. LA HABANA, 03 DE MAYO 2013 Enviado por Mesa de Conversaciones en Sáb, 05/04/2013 – 09:28 Las delegaciones del gobierno y las FARC-EP, informan que: Como resultado del trabajo que han realizado las delegaciones de paz en este ciclo … Continue reading
Posted in Colombia, Latin America, Peace, peace processes, peace talks, Spanish America
Tagged Bogotá, bouvier, Chile, Colombia, Como, Cuba, ELN, FARC, Havana, la habana, Latin America, peace, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Venezuela, Virginia Bouvier
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Although civil society is not represented at Colombia’s peace table in Havana, the parties have sought to engage civil society since the talks began through a variety of controlled mechanisms. In this post, I will mainly discuss these “official” venues, recognizing … Continue reading
In the absence of a national peace process in the last decade, local and regional peace initiatives have emerged in response to the conflict violence in Colombia. The call for a political solution to the internal armed conflict, like the … Continue reading
Civil Society Roles in Conflict Zones
In an environment where peace talks are already underway and civil society has been excluded from the peace tables, it might appear that the government and insurgents are calling all the shots. While the armed actors are the ones who will ultimately … Continue reading
Posted in Bouvier, Churches, Civil Society, Colombia, conflict, El Salvador, Guatemala, Latin America, Peace, Peace Initiatives, peace processes, peace talks, Spanish America, U.S. Institute of Peace, Virginia Bouvier, War, Western Hemisphere
Tagged bouvier, Civil society, Cold War, Colombia, Community of Sant'Egidio, El Salvador, FARC, Geneva Accord, Guatemala, Juan Manuel Santos, Kenya, Latin America, Mozambique, Non-governmental organization, Northern Ireland, October, paz, PBS, peace, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Virginia Bouvier
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President Juan Manuel Santos, Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro, the Peace Commissions of the Colombian Congress, the Marcha Patriótica, and a broad range of social organizations called for a national march to support the peace process on April 9th. The date was highly symbolic, having been … Continue reading
Just over five months ago, formal peace talks began between the government of Colombia and the FARC-EP guerrillas. The reviews coming in from Havana, where the seventh round of talks was completed last Thursday, suggest that the parties have developed … Continue reading
Throughout the twentieth century, women’s day has been associated with the call for human rights (especially labor rights and women’s rights) and opposition to war. It was first celebrated globally on March 8th, 1975, in tandem with the first UN … Continue reading
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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COLOMBIA CALLS 
