Title: ‘Total peace’ or ‘all-out war’? Colombian voters face stark choice
Post by: RE on May 01, 2026, 01:45 PM
Post by: RE on May 01, 2026, 01:45 PM
‘Total peace’ or ‘all-out war’? Colombian voters face stark choice as rebel attacks surge
The landmark 2016 peace deal between the Colombian government and the largest insurgent army in Latin America succeeded in some ways: the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) agreed to lay down their weapons, and the violence that had racked the country was substantially reduced.
But the deal alone could not end the decades-long armed conflict for good. Subsequent administrations slow-walked the implementation of the settlement, which was rejected by Farc dissidents and other rebel factions.
At last one ongoing war not directly related to the oil biz. In Colombia, it's all about the drug trade. On one side you have most of the population who make their living off the sought after properties of the Coca leaf, on the other Da Goobermint which tries to control it. Can they find a Happy Medium? Don't count on it.
RE