Fisher compared the situation in Harvard Yard to a conflict he mediated
between Peru and Ecuador over Twintza, a disputed community on the border
between the two countries. Both refused to cede the territory, so Fisher worked out an agreement in which Twintza was turned into a de-militarized conservation area, under the sovereignty of Peru. However, Ecuador would own the land like it owned its embassy property in a foreign country. The
solution worked and the violence between the two countries over that issue,
which had been simmering for 50 years, ceased.
"Each president has to say something to his constituents," Fisher says. "Ecuador could say 'We own it' and Peru could say 'We have sovereignty.'"
As in the situation with Peru and Ecuador, both sides in the Harvard conflict need to find a politically acceptable way out.
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