Summer 2018 in bogota the capital of colombia for 2 years the country has officially been at peace. There are fewer casualties the slogans of war have faded and the word peace is everywhere. Nevertheless the mood is far from euphoric. It remains unclear whether the former warring factions will have the will to follow the peace plan they laid out it was a seemingly endless war and it left people devastated. Its been over half a century since a marxist Guerrilla Group the revolutionary armed forces of colombia more far took up arms in a bitter war against the colombian state. But the full force of the conflict took its toll not only on Government Troops and the guerrilla fighters but above all on the innocent rural population the war cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and left the country with more internally displaced persons than any other it was a bloody and tragic chapter in colombias history. Ive been to colombia many times before 2 years ago i witnessed the guns go s
Welcome to the stream colombia desk beata colombia awake that is the hashtag connect to the countries of biggest protests in years and people still raising their voices after nearly 2 weeks of demonstrations ive ever had hey im a league of thousands of people take to the streets again today we want to hear your thoughts on whats next for colombia get in touch through twitter and you tube and you can be part of todays conversation. Its now 13 days since hundreds of thousands of people held wide ranging protests against colombias government and paid for back out on the streets again the demonstrations have been joined by people from all walks of life with labor unions student movements and indigenous groups among those leading the way protesters are now leading a 3rd general strike after talks between the government and the National Strike committee failed to make progress and they have a long list of grievances. We are protesting because of the new reforms that the government has tried
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Certain aspects of the operation some countries. On certain aspects of the operation some countries warn that the terror group still poses a threat. Also coming up on the war not the terror group still poses a threat. Also coming up on the program this hour the e. U. Agrees to extend the u. K. s briggs it to program this hour the e. U. Agrees to extend the u. K. s brigs it deadline by another 3 months as british lawmakers purge of votes on medline by another 3 months as british lawmakers purge of votes on the Prime Ministers request for a december general election the Prime Ministers request for a december general election. And hong kong is gripped by a 21st consecutive weekend of violent protests. And hong kong is gripped by a 21st consecutive weekend of violent. As we look at this driving money away from the Financial Hub protests we look at how this driving money away from the Financial Hub towards signal. Toward stricter signal. Just after 8 am and 10 people. Just after 8 am and 10