, Columnist
Ending Colombia's Endless War
Colombia’s presidential election on Sunday will ultimately
become a referendum on the government’s peace negotiations with the Marxist
guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
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Colombia's presidential election on Sunday will ultimately become a referendum on the government's peace negotiations with the Marxist guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.
The peace talks, begun by President Juan Manuel Santos in September 2012, aren't popular. A recent poll found that only 39 percent of Colombians say that dialogue with the rebels is the best way to achieve peace. The rest say the guerrillas should be given a chance to surrender or be defeated militarily.