A hug in the Colombian jungle

摘要

"Sleeping with the enemy", the press called it. Looking slightly lost in a sea of rebels toting guns, there was Andres Pastrana last week, photographed during two days of intensive talks in the sweltering village of Los Pozos. He had dared to visit the piece of southern jungle, the size of Switzerland, that is controlled by Colombia's largest guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). After a period in which Colombia's efforts to achieve peace had swayed on the brink of collapse, President Pastrana and the rebel leader, Manuel Maru-landa, were talking again.