Colombia Living Blog January Archive

Two Colombias

01/24/09 06:56

Two Colombias in one remarkable year. 2008 is undoubtedly one of the most momentous years in Colombia's recent history. Two Colombias have emerged: one that has made a lasting impact on the FARC's backbone in the continent, eventually saving former Presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt; or the other Colombia mired in "false positive" scandals involving innocent people intentionally killed to be presented as enemy casualties, and pyramid schemes. Which can be remembered?

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