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US Colombia Partnership & the 2016 Peace Accord with Colombian General Alberto Mejia and Ambassador Kevin Whitaker

US Colombia Partnership & the 2016 Peace Accord with Colombian General Alberto Mejia and Ambassador Kevin Whitaker

FromThe General and the Ambassador: A Conversation


US Colombia Partnership & the 2016 Peace Accord with Colombian General Alberto Mejia and Ambassador Kevin Whitaker

FromThe General and the Ambassador: A Conversation

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Length:
53 minutes
Released:
Mar 26, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

General Mejia and Ambassador Whitaker discuss the arduous effort to negotiate a peace agreement between the Govt of Colombia and the FARC. Topics include: the campaign plan (Espada de Honor) in which the military got access to new key intelligence & used tactics/ equipment provided by the US through Plan Colombia, to drive the FARC to the table;  the multiyear negotiations pursued in Cuba in the presence of a special US envoy; the complicated broad terms of the agreement; how it has been implemented (demobilization, transitional justice and coca cultivation); and the continued challenge of dissident FARC members, other insurgent/paramilitary groups & criminal networks.
Released:
Mar 26, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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Unique conversations with senior US military leaders and US Ambassadors on their partnerships overseas to advance US national security. A project of the American Academy of Diplomacy in partnership with the Una Chapman Cox Foundation.