Colombia: with eyes closed to war

A high FARC member is arrested for suspicion of drug trafficking, a presidential candidate warns against war. Colombia's peace is fragile than ever.

Colombia:   with eyes closed to war
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    Humberton La Calle, formerly chief negotiator of Colombian government for denFriedensprozess with FARC guerrilla, chose drastic words for his speech. "When we soweitermachen, we go to war with our eyes closed," he warned Amvergangenen Sunday at a hastily convened press conference. To reach many people, he also spread his message over Facebook and Twitter. "They throw away peace," said De la Calle, who is currently applying for LiberalePartei for presidency of country. And, in his opinion, some in this election campaign have no good intentions as far as peace agreement with FARC is concerned.

    De la Calle also called Name: Iván Duque, presidential candidate of party Centro Democratic, and whose mentor, Einflussreicheehemalige President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, Torpediertenden peace with a "fabric of deceit and hatred," said De la Calle. DerOberste Court has given Parlamentdie opportunity to betray peace agreement, and anor presidential candidate, Germán Vargas Lleras, gemeinsammit party cambio radical. The FARC lacks compassion for denKolumbianern and government is not in a position to actually implement peace treaty.

    "This is a call of national importance," said De la Calle. "They tell me that meineWahlkampagne will affect. That's not important. I ask DasKolumbien, who has suffered most, to mobilize. " This meant vesting people in country who were hardest of violence of Kriegesgetroffen.

    Ten tonnes of cocaine for USA

    Derehemalige chief negotiator for peace process apparently fears about SeinLebenswerk. For four years, de la Calle and his team had negotiated a peace treaty with HochrangigenKadern, before BeideParteien agreed to a definitive ceasefire in June 2016. DerKrieg had taken five decades. Hundreds of thousands had been killed in him undmehr as seven million people were expelled from ir home places. DasAbkommen, who had negotiated de la Calle, was Immerumstritten – many Colombians take FARC away from Gewaltnicht and Misstrauenihren leaders who are now pushing into politics – but it brought many hurdle hope for peace.

    In past few months, however, hope was dwindling. Peace is fragile: Not all FARC fighters have laid down ir weapons. 1,100 to 1,400 so-called dissidents are still to be active. Ors have left transitional camps where y should be prepared for Rückkehrins civilian life, because y find keinePerspektive in m or fear for ir physical integrity. In south of Colombia, on border with Ecuador, groups DerFarc-dissenters are particularly active. Recently, y led and murdered two journalists and ir drivers, and now y are to have a young couple in ir power.

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    The government is not advancing in implementation of peace Agreement, for example through KonkreteGesetze. But where FARC is actually zurückgezogenhat, or armed groups are seeping in and threatening people. To secure IhreMacht, get those who could be dangerous to m – often activists who oppose cultivation of drugs are involved in return of land to Vertriebeneeinsetzen or in or ways for peace. Since conclusion of peace treaty, more than 80 lokaleFührungspersönlichkeiten have been killed in Colombia, reports Portal ¡ Pacifista!.

    DieFarc had signed peace treaty because ir leaders saw little nochAussichten to win ir fight on armed path. In return, Versprachensie good chances of remaining unmolested by judiciary. Politicalagreement career promised m influence, because ten seats of Parliament Wurdenihnen guaranteed in peace agreement, irrespective of electoral votes. Inzwischenhat, guerrillas have also formally transformed into a political party.

    SeuxisPaucis Hernández Solare should move into parliament for FARC. But since beginning of April, solar is sitting, his battlename is Jesús Santrich, in prison. The kolumbianischeStaatsanwaltschaft arrested him for allegedly pretending to deliver ten tonnes of cocaine to United States, and because US government viaInterpol to demand his extradition. In Civil War, FARC was still one of most important players in Colombian cocaine market, but when it closed peace treaty, it vowed to drug trafficking.

    Date Of Update: 02 May 2018, 12:02
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