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Latin American Program in the News: "Colombia Splits Over How to End War"

Cindy Arnson

Latin American Program Director Cynthia J. Arnson is quoted in this article about the Colombian peace process and its effect on the elections this weekend.

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"With a popular former president at his side, Álvaro Uribe, Mr. Zuluaga has an eight-point lead over Mr. Santos in a recent poll by Ipsos Napoleon Franco. Though three other polls give Mr. Santos a slight edge, Mr. Zuluaga's condemnation of the talks, particularly his claim that guerrillas would receive immunity under a peace accord, has touched a chord, analysts and victims groups here say.

"That's where Uribe and Zuluaga have scored the most points, the no-to-impunity charge," said Cynthia Arnson, a Washington-based scholar who has studied peace talks in Latin American countries.

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Cindy Arnson

Cynthia J. Arnson

Distinguished Fellow, Latin America Program
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Latin America Program

The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action.  Read more