Costa Rican ex-President Oscar Arias (L), Archbishop of Medellin Alberto Giralto (C), and Guatemalan ex-President Vinicio Cerezo, chat near a peace monument in Esquipulas, Guatemala. Arias engineered a peace workshop on August 7 for Colombian officials, a leftist rebel leader and other Colombian notables in an attempt to bring the warring factions of that country closer to formal peace talks.

GUATEMALA COLOMBIA PEACE