Colombia the day after: Uribe holds the key to a peace deal, but much harsher on FARC commanders

Tuesday, October 4th 2016 - 10:20 UTC

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Colombia's president tried Monday to keep alive an agreement to end Latin America's longest-running war after a shocking rejection by voters, but his opponents made clear their price for joining the effort will be steep. Read full article

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Enrique Massot
A really sad story that clearly shows who's really interested in keeping the violence going: Members of the wealthy landowner class, who are ready to continue bloodshed against any possibility of democracy taking hold in Colombia.
Oct 04th, 2016 - 03:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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DemonTree
@1 EM
And the people voted against it why?

What I don't understand is the low turnout. It's not like it's some irrelevant issue...
Oct 04th, 2016 - 03:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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jakesnake
@1 It's true that some of the very wealthy don't want the accord. However, to say that they're the ones preventing the yes vote from happening is beyond ridiculous.
Oct 04th, 2016 - 05:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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golfcronie
Enrique has to follow the communist line. It's all about the rich bleeding the country, if it wasn't for the rich giving work to the population things would soon grind to a halt. Tell us Enrique how the communist system has made countries rich and powerful, try naming some.
Oct 04th, 2016 - 10:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Skip
Enrique clearly has no idea what is going on in Colombia.

Colombia is a democracy and has been democratic for most of the 20th century unlike Argentina and almost every other South American nation.

Peace is profitable so go figure on who wants to sabotage it.
Oct 05th, 2016 - 12:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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notlurking
I hear that peace is good for the cocaine business.....
Oct 05th, 2016 - 02:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Pugol-H
@1 Enrique Massot
50.23% of a 38% turnout, equates to a shit load of wealthy landowners in Colombia.

Can it really be that simple?
Oct 05th, 2016 - 02:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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