Visiting Assistant Professor of Government Shelley McConnell was interviewed by the Associated Press and quoted in a March 10 article titled "Venezuela reopens embassy in Colombia as war talk gives way to pragmatism." McConnell, who was a senior associate director of the Carter Center Americas Program before coming to Hamilton, commented on the crisis precipitated by the incursion of Columbian troops into Ecuador in pursuit of a FARC leader. Ecuador, Columbia and Venezuela restored diplomatic relations after a fairly brief war of verbal threats.
"They probably all wanted a quick settlement. Ecuador had won sympathy as the aggrieved party, Venezuela had [received] good press as the champion of sovereignty and Colombia had accomplished its goal in killing the FARC leader and an apology was a low price to pay for ending the episode," said McConnell.
The article appeared on dozens of Web sites and in publications around the world.
"They probably all wanted a quick settlement. Ecuador had won sympathy as the aggrieved party, Venezuela had [received] good press as the champion of sovereignty and Colombia had accomplished its goal in killing the FARC leader and an apology was a low price to pay for ending the episode," said McConnell.
The article appeared on dozens of Web sites and in publications around the world.
