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...Carlos Fernando Galán, a centrist former senator with some opposition support, was elected mayor of Bogotá, considered the country’s second most important political post....
...However, Juan Carlos Restrepo, a former national security adviser and intelligence chief, said such a move would be a mistake....
...“There’s a big disconnect between what many people want — punitive justice — and what the JEP can offer — transitional justice,” says Cerac’s Restrepo....
...Mateo Restrepo, the Colombian chief executive of Canada’s Continental Gold, said the La Colosa ruling sent “a disastrous signal” to potential foreign investors....
...Jorge Restrepo, who heads the Bogotá-based security think-tank CERAC, labelled the deal an “historic agreement....
...Restrepo, former director of the National Office of Narcotics (the DNE), the state agency in charge of liquidating assets confiscated from drug traffickers....
...More recently, Carlos Lleras Restrepo, who after leaving the presidency in 1970 wrote and published a periodical almost single-handedly, and his cousin, Alberto Lleras Camargo, who, Cincinnatus-like, retired...
...“Colombia is interested in offering its expertise,” Juan Carlos Pinzón, the country’s defence minister, says....
...“Medellín is living through its best times since the violence began,” says Carlos Piedrahíta, president of Nutresa, a food company, which also has operations in Mexico, Central America and the US via its...
...Patrick Esteruelas, Latin America analyst for Eurasia Group, said supporters of the president, such as Andres Felipe Arias, former environmental minister, and Luis Carlos Restrepo, former peace commissioner...
...Like his friend Carlos Alberto Cano, who started out as a “pony” for the druglord Pablo Escobar, Mr Barrada soon ended up in a criminal gang, and after a stint in prison, he was scooped up into the ranks...
...“This is a terrible mistake,” says Juan Carlos Echeverry, a conservative economist and former economic planning minister in a previous administration....
...Luis Carlo Restrepo, Colombia’s high commissioner for peace, said the news should be treated with “caution”, since Farc had previously said it would release prisoners without fulfilling its promise....
...Among them was Laura Restrepo, whose latest novel, Delirium, appeared in English this year. Like García Márquez, Restrepo settled in Mexico to flee Colombia’s troubles....
...Among them was Laura Restrepo, whose latest novel, Delirium, appeared in English earlier this year. Like Garcia Márquez, Restrepo settled in Mexico to flee Colombia’s troubles....
...Luis Carlos Restrepo, the government representative, and Antonio García, the top commander of the National Liberation Army, or ELN, are expected to start several days of preliminary negotiations on Thursday...
...Luis Carlos Restrepo, the government’s peace commissioner, and Antonio García, a top commander of the National Liberation Army, or ELN, issued a joint statement after five days of meetings at a hotel in...
...The AUC, which has demobilised 5,000 fighters, claims that talks with Luis Carlos Restrepo, the peace commissioner, have been a waste of time....
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