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Colombia Peace Accord
The draft peace accord between the government of Colombia and the country\'s main rebel grouping, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Havana on June 23, heralded the end of the longest running civil war in Latin America.
The draft peace accord between the government of Colombia and the country's main rebel grouping, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Havana on June 23, heralded the end of the longest running civil war in Latin America. In the last week of August, the two sides formalised the ceasefire agreement in Bogota in the presence of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC commander Rodrigo "Timochenko" Londono at a ceremony in Havana.
The historic event was also attended by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, the presidents of Cuba, Venezuela and Chile and the Norwegian foreign minister. The agreement is a final step in peace negotiations which have been going on since 2012. As per agreement in Havana to end the 52 year old war that has claimed more than 2,20,000 lives, FARC rebels agreed to lay down arms.
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia—Ejército del Pueblo, FARC–EP and FARC) is a guerrilla movement involved in the continuing Colombian armed conflict since 1964. It has been known to employ a variety of military tactics in addition to more unconventional methods, including terrorism.The FARC-EP, which formed during the Cold War period as a Marxist-Leninist peasant force, promoted a political line of agrarianism and anti-imperialism.
The operations of the FARC–EP were funded by kidnap and ransom; illegal mining;extortion and/or taxation of various forms of economic activity; and the taxation, production, and distribution of illegal drugs. The United Nations has estimated that 12% of all killings of civilians in Colombian conflict have been committed by FARC and ELN guerrillas, and the rest, 88%, by government forces and paramilitaries, writes Wikipedia. In June 2016, the FARC signed a ceasefire accord with the President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos in Havana.
On August 25, 2016, the Colombian president, Juan Manuel Santos, announced that four years of negotiation has secured a peace deal with FARC and that a national plebiscite would take place on 2 October. Under the peace accord, the Colombian government will support massive investment for rural development and facilitate the FARC's reincarnation as a legal political party. FARC promised to help eradicate illegal drug crops, remove landmines, and offer reparations to victims. FARC leaders can avoid prosecution by acts of reparation to victims and other community work.
