Four years after president’s pledge, his would-be successors are divided on how to tackle rising guerrilla attacks
The landmark 2016 peace deal between the Colombian government and the largest insurgent army in Latin America succeeded in some ways: the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) agreed to lay down their weapons, and the violence that had racked the country was substantially reduced.
But the deal alone could not end the decades-long armed conflict for good. Subsequent administrations slow-walked the implementation of the settlement, which was rejected by Farc dissidents and other rebel factions.
Continue reading...This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Harriet Barber in Medellín and Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro.
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