The Man Blocking Peace in Colombia
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The FARC IMHO are already defeated and they know it... the government just want to give them a way to save face, however they have no popular support and the country is moving forward without them...
they only look larger due to their narco-wealth (in fact they are one of the wealthiest terrorist groups in the world) add the colombian government history of just ignoring the pleas of the poor and their remote location... and that's how they get away with this crap.
I don't know enough to speak on who is right, but this article is engaging in exactly what it accuses Uribe of doing.
In addition to being corrupted by power, he has also surrounded himself with yes men who have led a Trump-like lie campaigns around the country (recognized by them) that led people to vote for No in the peace process, and is now demanding impossible concessions from the government and the guerrilla to try and stall the peace process until he or his party members are reelected into power (next presidential elections are less than a year and a half away), while leaving the country at huge risk of going back to guerrilla warfare, terrorism and political violence.
It was actually pretty funny, because the leader of the NO campaign gave an interview boasting about how they had successfully conned the country into thinking that gender ideology gay marriage and other subjects were being voted for with the agreements (they estimated that over 2mm evangelical christians voted No because of this), and how by lying on social media they managed to execute an incredibly cheap political campaign. He was removed as campaign leader the next day and the opposition quickly distanced themselves from him by pretending his role was minor, since he is also pending penal investigation and will probably go to jail, since under Colombian law intentionally lying to the electorate to change the outcome of an election is punishable by law.
This was the actual interview: http://www.larepublica.co/el-no-ha-sido-la-campa%C3%B1a-m%C3...
Kind of weird how virtually overnight support apparently went from 59.5 in favor/33.2 against to 49.8 in favor/50.2 against.
After our Civil War the U.S. government imprisoned Jefferson Davis and others, and confiscated great quantities of land from former rebels.
Anyway, the Confederation was soundly defeated within a couple of years. The Columbian government has been trying to destroy FARC with military force for half a century. At some point, you have to try something else and be prepared to make concessions for peace, even if it does not seem like perfect justice to those who still believe in a military solution.
I believe the cease fire will continue tho
Bourgeoisie propaganda.
>>even admitted in an interview that they had steered clear of explaining the content of the agreement and instead “focused on a message of indignation."
So it is literally propaganda, paid for by..
>>The Uribe administration has continued dealing with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, securing loans, agreeing to cut expenses, agreeing to continue debt payments, privatize public companies and foment investor confidence, in order to comply with financial orthodoxy.
Capitalists.
Communism is good in theory, but in practice it usually just ends up being destroyed in a military coup financed by the CIA.