The ex-guerilla fighters building a 'House of Peace' in Colombia
A GROUP of 10 ex-combatants of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) have been slowly growing a craft beer start-up since they signed the peace deal with the government in 2016. They are now leading a fundraising campaign to acquire a headquarters in Colombia’s capital Bogota. It will be known as the House of Peace, and the ex-combatants wish for it to be a place where you can have a beer whilst talking politics, organising, educating, and planning the construction of the yearned-for Nueva Colombia. Despite four years of government backpedalling and the assassination of close t...
Source: morningstaronline.co.uk