Round two.

• Position: Reelection of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe - Art

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe began his second term amid renewed calls for an end to nearly a half-century of violence. Uribe walks a thin line between offering a conciliatory hand or an iron fist. The Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), the country's largest guerrilla group, seems ready to negotiate. Yet many Colombians would prefer that the government take a tougher stance.

"A new dialogue and search for peace, which is being called for by the majority of Colombians, would have to begin with the demilitarization of the Departments of Caqueta and Putumayo at a minimum."

--Raul Reyes, FARC spokesman (Telesur)

"Now the FARC have upped the ante yet again and are demanding Putumayo and Caqueta, but the thing is that what normally happens in a negotiation is that you split the differences."

--former Colombian President Alfonso Lopez (Caracol)

"We are...