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End of the Colombian conflict drawing close
by Laura Béquer Paseiro
source Granma
The Colombian government and the FARC-EP recognize that despite progress on important agenda items, difficult issues must be resolved in order to definitively end the conflict
The Colombian peace process has taken a key step forward, with the announcement yesterday, September 23, by the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP), in a special session attended by Cuban President Raúl Castro, that agreement had been reached on one of the most important issues on the negotiations agenda: reparations for victims and justice.
The event was described as transcendental not only because of the presence, for the first time, of the two sides’ highest ranking leaders - President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC-EP Chief of Staff Timoleón Jiménez - but also because this agreement allows Colombia to move one step closer to a definitive end of the decades-long conflict.
Nevertheless, representatives of the negotiating teams emphasized that important issues remain to be resolved to assure peace, such as the laying down of arms, a cease-fire and the problem of paramilitaries, among others.
Government and rebel representatives agreed to a deadline for completing the talks, March 23, 2016, and will redouble efforts to meet this goal.
They clarified that the agreement reached yesterday proposes a system of transitional, restorative justice which will focus on victims, specifying that those guilty of most crimes will be eligible for amnesty, but those responsible for atrocities, genocide, extra-legal executions, kidnappings and crimes against humanity will be prosecuted in a court which will uncover the truth.
Those who voluntarily take responsibility will face restorative justice, a sentence of five to six years, while those who do not admit guilt will face up to 20 years.
The delegations led by Juan Manuel Santos and Timoleón Jiménez acknowledged the role of Cuba and Norway as guarantors of the peace talks, as well as that of Chile and Venezuela who are accompanying the process.
They recalled the recent words of Pope Francis during his mass in Havana, imploring that another failure not be permitted in the Colombian peace talks.
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source TeleSur The U.S has announced funding fr a new Plan Colombia as the country moves towards a resolution to its civil war. What is the real purpose? Colombia´s peace process has entered its finla phase. Agreements have been reached on land reform,...
- International Poetry Festival In Havana Concern For The Future Of Peace In Colombia
Manifesto for Peace in Colombia Havana, May 29th, 2014 We, poets from around the world meeting in Havana for the Poetry Festival, expressour concern for the future of Peace in Colombia . We heard with astonishment that one of the presidential candidates...
- Peace In Colombia???
Peace talks behind closed doors between Colombian officials and the FARC are being held in Havana, Cuba. Cuba??? The same dictatorship in Cuba that has aided and trained the FARC for decades!! Are you kidding me? That is like...
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Peace Talks? Peace talks are underway in Cuba with the help of Gabriel García Márquez. Cuba is a communist country, the ELN is a leftist rebel group, Márquez is a close personal friend of the dictator, and has the luxury of a house in Cuba(No Cuban...
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ELN in Cuba for Peace Talks? ELN in Cuba for peace talks and guess who is in the middle: Gabriel García Márquez. Let's see, a commie group is in Cuba(commie country who sponsors all these groups) with Marquez who is Fidel's pal. All they want...