Colombia rebels' post-conflict role a key issue in peace talks-Mexico Institute in the News
Steve Dudley, Mexico Institute at Wilson Center Fellow, voiced optimism that Colombia could avoid a new wave of killings if a peace accord is signed.
LA Times, 10/15/2012
Among the many thorny issues to be hammered out in peace talks beginning Wednesday in Oslo between Colombia's government and the country's largest rebel group is what sort of post-conflict political role will be afforded to the insurgents... [Steve] Dudley, a researcher with the think tank InSight Crime, voiced optimism that Colombia could avoid a new wave of killings if a peace accord is signed.
"Colombia is not what it was in the past," he said. "There is a stronger justice system, more accountability in the military and police, and a political and economic class that understands the long-term costs of fratricidal politics."
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