In the News: in Colombia, what is the outcome after 5 years of the peace process?

Former members of the FARC guerrillas take part in a demonstration demanding respect for the peace agreements in front of the Colombian Supreme Court in Bogota on November 1, 2020. (Illustrative image) © Juan BARRETO / AFP

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Colombia is celebrating this Wednesday, November 24 the fifth anniversary of

with the FARC. In a long interview with the newspaper

, former President Juan Manuel Santos reviews the results of the peace process. On November 24, 2016, Santos signed the agreement at the Colon theater in Bogota with Farc leader Rodrigo Londoño, alias Tymoshenko.

Today, he believes that there have been undeniable advances. 95% of Farc fighters laid down their arms, " 

" he underlines. But the former president regrets that the agreement failed to protect certain ex-members of the Farc as well as social officials from acts of violence. “ 

 ” deplores Juan Manuel Santos. 

Is the 2016 agreement a success?

According to critics of the peace process, it is rather a failure.

“ 

 ”.

This is the opinion of Alvaro Uribe, former Colombian president and notorious opponent to the negotiations with the Farc.

In a letter to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, currently visiting Bogota, Uribe does not take offense.

He castigates as he has done for five years "

".

It is to be read in

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US wants Farc off blacklist of terrorist organizations

On the anniversary of the signing of the agreement, the United States began the process to remove former guerrillas from their blacklist of foreign terrorist organizations.

Now, only ex-combatants who are still active and who have formed other armed groups will be targeted by sanctions, according to the

.

The American decision is greeted among others by the veteran Pablo Catatumbo, now a senator, continues the

The newspaper recalls that Americans could not even reunite with veterans.

Not to mention the fact that the United States did not have the right to financially support the integration into civil society of these former members of the FARC.

African-American cleared after 43 years in prison

It is a serious miscarriage of justice.

An African-American man in his sixties has been exonerated by the courts and released.

He had spent almost two-thirds of his life in prison - 43 years behind bars - only to be cleared by a judge.

According to the magistrate, there was no material clue that linked the accused, Kevin Strickland, to the crime, a murder of three people committed in 1979. 

In fact, he was convicted solely on the basis of testimony, some of which have since disqualified him.

According to the

, the first thing Kevin Strickland did after his release was to visit the tomb of his mother who died last August.

Food insecurity in Haiti after the August earthquake 

Food insecurity is taking hold in the departments affected by the earthquake of last August. This situation will affect 754,000 people in the departments of the Great South, according to World Bank forecasts, cited by the

agency

. The World Bank has announced emergency aid to the tune of 190 million dollars.

Insecurity still, but that linked to the violence of armed gangs.

Civil society has decided to act.

You can read it in the

.

This Tuesday, November 23, the Security Working Group officially presented itself to the press.

It is made up of civil society organizations, academics and a former director of the national police.

The objective is to create a " 

 " to try to find solutions to the endemic insecurity that is disrupting the daily life of Haitians.

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