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This U.S. envoy helped Colombia forge peace. His departure leaves… » Jan 30, 2017… As Bernard Aronson's special State Department mandate ends, there… Bernard Aronson listens as Secretary of State John F. Kerry speaks at… to the resolution of some of Latin America's most intractable conflicts.… Aronson leaves at a delicate time in Colombia's effort to end its 50-year war, the longest in ... Washingtonpost.com

Peace deal in reach, Obama says US to help Colombia rebuild » Feb 5, 2016… Peace deal in reach, Obama says US to help Colombia rebuild… Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, that promises to end Latin America's longest-running armed conflict.… “We all know that it's easier to start wars than to end them,” Obama said.… UN approves mission to monitor Colombia peace deal. France24.com

President Obama's Final United Nations Speech: Transcript | Time » Sep 20, 2016… Read Barack Obama's Final Speech to the United Nations as President… We opened relations with Cuba, helped Colombia end Latin America's longest warm, and we welcome a democratically elected… A quarter century after the end of the Cold War, the world is by many measures less violent and more ... Time.com

Colombia peace deal officially ends Western Hemisphere's longest… » Sep 26, 2016… Leaders gather to sign an historic peace deal in Colombia.… “We're all kids of the same town and we've been killing each other,” Viviana says regarding the long war in…. it marks the end of the last Cold War-era conflict in the Americas.… the Obama administration aims to spend $450 million helping the ... Latimes.com

'We helped Colombia end Latin America's longest war' Obama tells… » Sep 20, 2016… 'We helped Colombia end Latin America's longest war' Obama tells UN… UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon called the peace agreement “a victory for ... Colombiareports.com

The secret backstory of how Obama let Hezbollah off the hook » In its determination to secure a nuclear deal with Iran, the Obama… They followed cocaine shipments, some from Latin America to West Africa and on to… who helped establish and oversee Project Cassandra as a Defense…. unit that the DEA says oversees its drug trafficking and other criminal money-making enterprises. Politico.com

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Colombian President Juan Manuel… » Oct 7, 2016… NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 21: (L to R) President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos speaks during a… In Tuesday's speech to the United Nations General Assembly, Obama stated that 'helping Colombia end Latin America's longest war' was among his… And no, you cannot nominate yourself. Fox6now.com

When President Obama took office in…- The Obama White House » Jan 4, 2017… When President Obama took office in 2009, America was engaged in two costly wars, faced a global economic crisis, and had a diminished… We opened relations with Cuba, helped Colombia end Latin America's longest war, and we welcomed a democratically elected leader of Myanmar to the UN. Facebook.com

Why ending Colombia's war will not be cheap for the US | Politics… » Feb 4, 2016… The US has spent $10bn on resolving Colombia's five-decade civil war, but peace will cost more still.… On Thursday, US President Barack Obama will host his Colombian… Helping to resolve Latin America's longest war burnishes the… Plan Colombia as a "very imperfect success story" and says Bogota ... Aljazeera.com

After Years of Stoking Colombia's Civil War, Washington Is Now… » Sep 26, 2016… Barack Obama receives a copy of the Colombian peace agreement during his… end the war with the FARC, one of the longest-running insurgences on the… crime: “I think we need to do more of a Colombian plan for Central America,”… credited with helping the government turn the tide against the FARC. Thenation.com