Translation: “We are life, we are Comunes”.
Colombia has been marred by a bloody conflict between the government and the rebel group for more than 50 years.
In 2016, the two sides signed a peace deal ending a conflict that had killed 260,000 people. On the heels of the peace accord, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia transitioned to a political party called the Common Alternative Revolutionary Force, both of which went by FARC.
The former rebels have been divided since their disarmament. Although the majority of some 13,000 former FARC combatants and militiamen accepted the peace agreement, dissident factions have kept up or retaken arms.
Fingers Point to US-Backed Gov’t in Colombia’s Ninetieth Massacre of the Year
“The Trump administration waged a full scale campaign to undermine Colombia’s peace accords. We must not waste our time hoping the Biden administration might reverse course, we must demand it.” James Jordan, Alliance for Global Justice
By Alan MACLEOD
It is the festive season in Colombia, but not everyone is celebrating. Sunday brought news of the ninetieth massacre of the year. Five people were found dead in Bolívar Department in the north of the country, among them former leftist guerilla Rosa Amalia Mendoza and her infant child. Meanwhile, just hours earlier in the southwestern department of Cauca, the brutally tortured body of 55-year-old Manuel Alonso Villegas was found on a roadside close to his hometown of Miranda.
Colombian party congratulates Cuba on 62nd anniversary of Revolution
Colombian party congratulates Cuba on 62nd anniversary of Revolution
1 de enero de 2021, 14:32Bogota, Jan 1 (Prensa Latina) The Common Alternative Revolutionary Force party (FARC) on Friday congratulated the Cuban people on the 62nd anniversary of the triumph of the Revolution, and expressed gratitude for the legacy of the Caribbean country and its leaders. On Friday, the Cuban Revolution turns 62. Thank you people of Fidel (Castro), Camilo (Cienfuegos) and (Jose) Marti for paving the way for peace and happiness, the political party tweeted.
It attached an anti-imperialist speech by the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, in which he said, We cannot speak about peace on behalf of tens of millions of human beings that die every year of hunger and curable diseases across the world.
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It is the festive season in Colombia, but not everyone is celebrating. Sunday brought news of the ninetieth massacre of the year. Five people were found dead in Bolívar Department in the north of the country, among them former leftist guerilla Rosa Amalia Mendoza and her infant child. Meanwhile, just hours earlier in the southwestern department of Cauca, the brutally tortured body of 55-year-old Manuel Alonso Villegas was found on a roadside close to his hometown of Miranda.
Both Mendoza and Villegas had been members of the leftist guerilla group the FARC until 2016 when they and many others agreed to permanently lay down their weapons in a historic peace deal that promised to end the country’s decades-long civil war. Mendoza, 25, had reportedly become involved in local activism, founding the South Bolívar Agricultural and Environmental Housing Association. Meanwhile, Villegas had turned his hand to handicrafts, making custom shirts and
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