Dr. Virginia M. Bouvier
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- 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
Tag Archives: Gustavo Petro
Victims on the Agenda and at the Table; Presidential Debates
June 6, 2014 Last Tuesday, June 3rd, the Colombian government and FARC delegations resumed peace talks in Havana, where they are preparing to discuss the theme of victims. On his arrival in Havana, lead government negotiator Humberto de la Calle … Continue reading
Posted in Colombia
Tagged absenteeism, Aida Avello, Ceasefire, CERAC, Civil society, Clara Lopez Obregon, Conservative Party, ELN, Enrique Penalosa, EPL, FARC, Green Alliance Alternative Democratic Pole, Gustavo Petro, Humberto de la Calle, Ivan Cepeda, Juan Manuel Santos, Marcha Patriotica, Marta Lucia Ramirez, National Peace Council, National Unity, OAS, OAS Electoral Mission, Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, Patriotic Union, Piedad Córdoba, Sergio Jaramillo
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May 31, 2014 In the presidential elections last Sunday, Democratic Center candidate Oscar Iván Zuluaga garnered 29.25 % of the vote against the incumbent President and National Unity candidate Juan Manuel Santos. The latter pulled 25.69% of the 13.2 million votes … Continue reading
April 4, 2014 The parties resumed their twenty-third round of talks today, Friday, April 4th, after a relatively shorter break than usual. The last round ended on Sunday, March 30, with a joint communiqué by the government of Colombia and … Continue reading
12 January 2014 Happy New Year to all! The delegates of the government of Colombia and the FARC-EP resume their conversations in Cuba on illicit crops and drug trafficking tomorrow. (See my two earlier posts, one in Spanish and one … Continue reading
11 December 2013 This morning, the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations held a hearing to consider President Barack Obama’s nominations for key foreign policy positions, including the posts of U.S. ambassador to Canada, Chile, and Colombia. The Senate Foreign … Continue reading
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 
