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Bookish Past Might Not Help Rebel Leader

Colombia's new reality will put dogmatic FARC head Cano to test

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 9, 2008 2:33 PM CDT

(Newser) – Though Alfonso Cano, the new commander of Colombia’s FARC rebels, is a bookish intellectual, don’t expect a new push towards government negotiations, sources tell the Washington Post. Cano, who turned to Marx in college after a middle-class upbringing, would be uniquely suited to... Read full story »

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Bookish Past Might Not Help Rebel Leader

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