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Alvaro Leyva, Colombia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, is enigmatically opposed to certain transitional justice mechanisms in Colombia.
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Colombia: a minister's enigmatic attacks on transitional justice

Why has Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva insisted before the United Nations that Colombia's transitional justice model is headed for failure - while, at the same time, he promotes the special tribunal's acceptance of former paramilitaries? The minister’s repeated attacks raise questions about whether his "total truth" policy is related to the "total peace" policy of […]
By Andrés Bermúdez Liévano (our correspondent in Colombia)
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