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Containing the Border Fallout of Colombia’s New Guerrilla Schism
Tensions are rising on the Colombia-Venezuela border after a new guerrilla faction opted out of Colombia’s 2016 peace deal.
With diplomatic ties between the two countries severed, the risk of escalation is high.
Bogotá and Caracas should open channels of communication to avoid inter-state clashes.
- ICG
What’s new?
Former commanders of the demobilised Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) announced the creation of a new dissident faction from a location seemingly close to the Colombia-Venezuela border, triggering…
Why does it matter?
Already at loggerheads…