Colombian officials are restarting peace talks with the last remaining major guerrilla force in the country. Negotiations could help the country end over 50 years of internal violence that has left almost half a million people dead and millions displaced.
Petro, once a rebel with the defunct M-19 guerrilla movement, says achieving “total peace” is a priority of his government.
He’s said that will require “reconceptualizing” and reforming the armed forces, which for decades have almost exclusively been fighting rebel groups.: “There’s a general optimism about the potential” from negotiations, Elizabeth Dickinson, an analyst for the nonprofit International Crisis Group, tells Axios Latino.
“If the military doesn’t have to fight the ELN, technically they’ll have more resources to fight other groups that don’t comply [with the ceasefires]” and to fight issues like deforestation and human trafficking, she adds.Prior negotiation attempts with the ELN ended in 2018, following car bombings blamed on the guerrilla forces.Background:
Colombia’s government and the FARC, previously the largest guerrilla force, came to a historic agreement almostThe peace treaty has led to major investments for agriculture development in areas that were hard hit by the conflict, as well as processes to
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