Colombia’s new president calls off talks with a leftist insurgent group
The ELN is smaller than the FARC were, but may prove harder to defeat
IN 2016 Juan Manuel Santos won the Nobel peace prize for his peace deal with the FARC guerrillas. The group handed over its arms and entered democratic politics, and Colombia’s former president was credited with ending 50 years of armed conflict.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “Whack-a-mole”
From the September 15th 2018 edition
Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents
Explore the editionDiscover more
Entrevista con Javier Milei, presidente de Argentina
Transcripción de su encuentro con nuestro corresponsal
An interview with Javier Milei, Argentina’s president
A transcript of his meeting with our journalist
Mexico and Canada brace for Donald Trump’s tariff thrashing
Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum and Canada’s Justin Trudeau are taking different approaches to looming trade war
Javier Milei, free-market revolutionary
Argentina’s president explains how he has overturned the old economic order
Is Uruguay too stable for its own good?
The new president must deal with serious problems with growth, education and crime
Bolsonaro’s bid to regain Brazil’s presidency may end in prison
Brazilian police have accused some of his backers of involvement not just in a coup, but in an assassination plot