José Manuel Ramos-Horta, former president and prime minister of East Timor, speaks to IPS about peace negotiations in Guinea Bissau. The country experienced a military coup in 2012 and elections planned for November look unlikely as talks fail. Nobel peace laureate and U.N. Envoy, Ramos-Horta says extreme poverty, political instability and the penetration of Latin American drug cartels are among the problems faced by the country. ipsnews.net/2013/10/qa-guinea-bissau-is-dangerously-close-to-becoming-a-failed-state/
Posted on: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 20:46:37 +0000