oohh! Elizabeth Dickinson in the NYT! nytimes.com/2024/09/10/opi…

"How to Talk to #Colombia’s Largest Criminal Group" ✍️por Elizabeth Dickinson 👇 nytimes.com/2024/09/10/opi…

My colleague Elizabeth Dickinson wrote in the NYT about the need, and the obstacles, for a negotiation with the Gaitanistas/Gulf Clan. This is based on he field she did for over a year preparing our Crisis Group report of earlier this year. Do not miss it ⬇️

“The Petro administration should go into these negotiations carefully and assess their value at each step. Their priority must be protecting civilians,” writes Crisis Group’s Elizabeth Dickinson. Read: nyti.ms/3B9N0D2

El gobierno de #Colombia se dispone a iniciar un desafiante proceso de conversaciones con el mayor grupo armado criminal del país, el Clan del Golfo/Ejército Gaitanista (EGC). Un 🧵de Elizabeth Dickinson sobre su reciente columna para New York Times Opinion nytimes.com/2024/09/10/opi…

fantastic and important argument. if you care about either Colombia or peace negotiations in general, well worth the read.

Just hours after publishing our Crisis Group Latinoamérica oped w New York Times Opinion, residents of Briceño called me to report clashes btwn EGC/Gulf Clan & EMC Frente 36, all within meters of civilian homes. The threat of armed violence is not theoretical and it cannot wait. nytimes.com/2024/09/10/opi…

Cual debe ser la hoja de ruta para diálogo entre #Colombia y el grupo armado criminal más grande del país, EGC? En nuestra columna para New York Times Opinion, sugerimos una combinación de acuerdos parciales, con presión militar, para dar alivios a la población. nytimes.com/2024/09/10/opi…

Situación crítica en el noreste de Antioquia, 🚨 donde varias comunidades se encuentran en situaciones de confinamiento, desplazamiento, zozobra, debido a combates entre grupos armados cerca de zonas pobladas

"La única forma para evitar la violencia es cambiando el contexto. Eso era lo que iban a hacer los Pdet, pero no lo han logrado y eso nos pone en la posición de ser reactivos y buscar soluciones a corto plazo", le dije a Consonante Crisis Group Latinoamérica consonante.org/noticia/asi-le…

#Peru: Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has passed away at 86. A polarizing figure, his impact on Peru's recent history is undeniable.🧵 1/7

Rolling back the influence of criminal groups in #Colombia means understanding that they pose two distinct, if related, challenges: illegal economies & violence. Law enforcement must combat the former. Dialogue may be the best way to tackle the latter. nytimes.com/2024/09/10/opi…