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Andean Group - May 2008 (ISSN 1741-4466)

Hopes for reconciliation with Colombia scuppered

Prospects for the imminent restoration of diplomatic relations between Colombia and Ecuador have been fluctuating wildly this month between acrimonious exchanges, misunderstandings and new revelations. President Rafael Correa has made diplomatic gestures on the Ecuadorean side, adopting a much stronger stance against the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) and pushing forward with a military drive to clear Ecuador's northern border area of Farc operations. Hopes of a prompt and happy reconciliation between the neighbouring countries appear to have been scuppered, however, by Colombia's intransigence and by recent revelations concerning its air raid on a Farc camp in Ecuador on 1 March.

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