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Visual Arts
Cristina Planas — Emerging Voices 2015 art winner
...Many people were killed or vanished during Colombia’s turbulent period in 2002, when president Álvaro Uribe ordered the military to disband militias and drug traffickers....
October 6, 2015
World
Colombia and rebels to tackle drugs trade
...One of those had close links with the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico, Mr Mejía said. In the past decade a US-backed offensive launched by former President Álvaro Uribe has weakened the Farc....
May 17, 2014
FT Live
Business of Art
Market shifts and future growth
Monday, 7 October180 Studios, London, UK
World
Boost for Colombia peace talks as Santos wins poll
...“Santos is simply handing the country to the Farc,” says Pedro Mejía, a businessman in a plush Bogotá neighbourhood. “I voted for Zuluaga because he was going to send the guerrillas to jail.”...
June 15, 2014
Life & Arts
Colombia’s new wave of artists gains international following
...Indeed, there was scarcely a gallery to visit until a crackdown on the gangs by President Álvaro Uribe, who held office from 2002 to 2010. Bogotá has gone from fear to hope....
April 11, 2014
World
Santos optimistic on peace in Colombia
...The Farc could control 50 per cent of that, Mr Mejía estimates....
November 17, 2013

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