Good thing or farc(e)?

[BeBMan]

Not that I know much about it, but hey, maybe we're already living in a post-fact world, so that shouldn't hinder anyone

Is the FARC right in making peace or is this a betrayal to their original cause? Discuss.

The Colombian government and left-wing Farc rebels have signed a historic agreement that formally brings an end to 52 years of armed conflict.

The rebel leader Timoleon Jimenez, known as Timochenko, apologised to "all the victims of the conflict" and was greeted by cheers and applause.

He said: "I would like to ask for forgiveness for all the pain that we have caused during this war."

Guests dressed in white at the ceremony in Cartagena, to symbolise peace.

The last of the major Cold War conflicts killed 260,000 people and left more than six million internally displaced.

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full: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-37477202

[Proteus_MST]

Not that I know much about it, but hey, maybe we're already living in a post-fact world, so that shouldn't hinder anyone

Is the FARC right in making peace or is this a betrayal to their original cause?
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Yes

[kentonio]

It's awesome news, and my Columbian friends are desperately hoping it will work out as intended.

[N35t0r]

It's awesome news, and my Columbian friends are desperately hoping it will work out as intended.

What about your Colombian friends?

[pchang]

He probably doesn't have any of those.

[Ben Kenobi]

I'm the only Columbian friend he has...

[Main_Brain]

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/09/27/495522306/guess-what-as-of-today-the-western-hemisphere-has-no-wars

I have to admit to have long forgotten what FARC was fighting for.

[The Mad Monk]

Did they mention it in that article?

[kentonio]

What about your Colombian friends?

Only just saw this. What do you mean what about them? Like I said, they're desperately hoping the new agreement with Farc actually lasts and that peace returns to the country at long last.

#edit, doh, spelling nazi..

[pchang]

Wow, the people rejected the agreement.

[kentonio]

For ****s sake, 50.2%.. It seems 2016 is the year of insane political votes.

[BeBMan]

Hopefully they don't fall back into decades of fighting. I read that for now the gov-Farc cease-fire will remain in place.

[kentonio]

To be fair it sounds like both the government and FARC see it as a done deal. Can see them making some tiny tweak and pushing it back to the vote. Only 40% of the population bothered voting, so this might shock out a bigger turnout next time.

[Berzerker]

A Region Aflame: At the peak in the 1970s and '80s, nearly every country in Latin America had a guerrilla movement, and some had more than one. (Special mention goes to Costa Rica, the only Latin American country that doesn't have an army and is generally regarded as the only one that hasn't had an insurgency in the past 60 years.)

hmm

[Giancarlo]

I will post every now and then...

Torrential rains from what I have heard depressed the turn out. This could have turned out differently. they will just have to go back to the drawing board.

So blame mother nature. They should have delayed the vote for that reason.