Tensions Eased

Friday afternoon about 100 students and faculty members were glued to the one TV that sits in the cafeteria at Tecnológica. Its usually too noisy to hear what's on, but on Friday anything above a whisper was met with a gigantic wave of "shhusshhh" coming from the rest of the crowd. We all sat anxiously watching Uribe try to negotiate a resolution to last weeks escalating problems.

In the middle of the broadcast, the news cut away to a report saying that a second senior officer, Iván Ríos, had been killed by his own men. The Colombian Defense Minister says that this is proof that the FARC is falling apart and I sure hope he's right.

The end result: Uribe apologized to Ecuador, Chávez said he only ever wanted peace, but most of all a restoration of diplomatic ties between the countries.