The pivotal role played by football in President Juan Manuel Santos’ national unity project for peace with the FARC. | Rôl hynod allweddol chwaraewyd gan bêl-droed ym mhrosiect Llywydd Juan Manuel Santos ar gyfer undeb cenedlaethol gyda'r FARC
Football has huge political and social capital in Latin America, and has often been rhetorically deployed by governments for various ends; rarely, however, has football’s power and potential ever been used in such a deliberate, strategic and active way towards a national peace process and targeted such enduring divisions that have historically impeded a sense of a united nation and national identity? Colombian football expert Pete Watson book tells the story of how Juan Manuel Santos seized upon the Colombian national team during its successful campaign in the 2014 World Cup | Mae gan bêl-droed gyfalaf gwleidyddol a chymdeithasol mawr yn America Ladin ac mae wedi ei defnyddio ganlywodraethau at nifer o ddibenion; ond prin y defnyddiwyd y grym yna mewn ffordd mor amlwg a strategol tuag at heddwch cenedlaethol ac yn erbyn rhaniadau hanesyddol sydd wedi rhwystro undod cenedlaethol. Yr arbenigwr pêl-droed, Pete Watson, fydd yn edrych ar sut y gwnaeth Juan Manuel Santos fanteisio ar lwyddiant tîm cenedlaethol Colombia adeg Cwpan y Byd 2014