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...It also led to a controversial US-backed counter-insurgency led by President Álvaro Uribe, called Plan Colombia....
...freedom in Bogotá Mar 2008-Nov 2011 During an all-out offensive first launched by Mr Uribe in 2002, Colombia’s armed forces kill some top Farc commanders, including Raúl Reyes, Mono Jojoy and Alfonso Cano...
...“But Cano’s killing was also a turning point – we knew we had to do something.”...
...Her worst moment, she says, was reporting the death of Alfonso Cano, the former leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, prematurely by six months....
...Former president Álvaro Uribe, whose 2002 to 2010 presidency was characterised by all-out confrontation with the Farc, was more circumspect still....
...Alvaro Uribe, a hardliner who turned the tide in Colombia’s war against the Farc....
...Alfonso Cano, Timochenko’s predecessor, was killed in an army raid last November....
...He served as Mr Santos’s deputy in the defence ministry under the administration of former president Álvaro Uribe, who is credited with turning the course of Colombia’s war against the Farc....
...Alfonso Cano, the Farc’s top commander, remains at large....
...Simon Whistler, of Control Risks, says that the Farc is showing signs of regaining strength under its leader Alfonso Cano....
...Álvaro Uribe, Colombia’s president, secured one of the most significant triumphs of his political career on Wednesday when troops freed Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages held by leftwing Farc guerrillas...
...Marulanda’s death represents the latest setback for Farc, which has been on the defensive since the conservative President Álvaro Uribe took office in 2002....
...That is not because Alfonso Cano, his bearded 52-year old replacement, is a moderate, more disposed to talks with the government of President Álvaro Uribe than his intransigent predecessor....
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