Global Zoom Colombia: Light at End of Tunnel?

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JR Tinkerton

Colombia: Light at End of the Tunnel?

Introduction
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If one country deserves a noble peace, Colombia does.
From the mid-1960s, the country has been afflicted with an internecine
war led mainly by the leftist FARC (in its Spanish initials) rebel army.
Their fellow ELN also wage war against Bogota.
On the right, the AUC and paramilitaries also maim and rampage in the
armed conflict which has raged over 5o years in Colombia the oldest
civil war in Latin America.
In October 2016, after four years of negotiations in Havana, Cuba,
Colombian President Manuel Santos and FARC chief Timolen
Timochenko Jimnez signed a peace agreement to end hostilities
between the central government and the main leftist antagonist. The
FARC would then be reintegrated into Colombian society.
Can Colombia exit war and despair?

In a plebiscite on October 2, the Colombian people narrowly rejected the

first version of the agreement.
The political class in Bogota was aghast by the decision rendered by the public.
President Manuel Santos wagered his small amount of political capital to secure his legacy as the leader who ended
the FARC insurgency and brought peace to the average Colombian.
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Your Global Zoom focuses on the prospects for an enduring secure peace in Colombia after the plebiscite vote and
the emergence of a second version of the peace agreement in November 2016.
What follow are an x-ray of why the plebiscite failed, as well as the wisdom of history to avoid previous mistakes
committed in the peace process after the conflict El Salvador.
Finally, specific recommendations are proffered to improve any agreement.
We begin with a review of the FARC narco-rebels.
Who is the FARC?
The Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) is a self-proclaimed Marxist-Leninist rebel group

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founded as a military wing of the Communist party to continue the leftist struggle assuming the mantle of a peasant
army.
The U.S. State Department defines them as is Latin Americas oldest, largest, most violent, and best-equipped
terrorist organization.
Inspired ideologically by the 1959 Cuban Revolution, the FARC army grew in number (estimated over 14,000
members and several thousands of supporters) committing acts of rape, torture, murder, extortion, and kidnappings
to spread terror across the country.
It concentrates in areas of natural resources

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