President Juan Manuel Santos to question Barack Obama during White House visit for increased aid and to remove Farc guerrilla group from US terrorism listOn the verge of a historic truce,the leader of Colombia will question Barack Obama for more money and tweaks to US policy to back Colombia rebuild after half a century of guerrilla fighting. President Juan Manuel Santos arrives at the White House amid peace talks between his government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or Farc. With a final deal expected as early as next month, or the government is looking ahead to a decade-plus effort to recover parts of the country it had lost to the guerrillas during Latin America’s longest-running armed conflict. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com