Colombia Between the FARC and the People
Colombian voters' recent rejection of a peace deal with the FARC guerrillas means that the 52-year-old fight is not over. To pacify the country for good, Colombia's government needs to follow Peru's example in its own successful 12-year fight against the Shining Path.
LIMA – Colombian governments have been fighting the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for the past 52 years, with no victory in sight. In early October, a razor-thin majority of voters rejected Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos’s proposed peace deal with the guerrillas.