Colombia: Santos’s approval plummets  FARC negotiations in
Havana, strikes in the country, and the nagging sensation that
Santos is more chavista than uribista, Colombian President’s
Approval Ratings Plunge Amid Nationwide Strikes  When the strike
started last month, Mr. Santos said it didn’t have nationwide
reach. But the strike, led by farmers who demanding government
aid to deal with a decline in prices, also tapped into
discontent among Colombian voters as the economy slows from
several years of growth averaging 5%. About 77% of the 1,200
people polled in August said they disapproved of Mr. Santos
handling of the economy, up from 49% in June.  Dismal, you say?
The last Colombian leader to have approval ratings this low was
former President Andrés Pastrana, who tried to negotiate a peace
agreement with the FARC for nearly three years in a
demilitarized part of Colombia the size of Switzerland, allowing
the FARC to regain strength as negotiations dragged until ending
in failure in 2002.  Make no mistake, C