Anyone remember when the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) was relavent in the real world? Me neither. Just a bunch of trust-fund babies hanging out in the Colombian jungles trying to "organize" rural farmers who just wanted to be left the fsck alone.
They are throwing in the towel after fifty years of irrelevance - from China's Xinhua News Service:
Colombia, FARC announce final peace agreement, ending over 50 years of conflict
HAVANA, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- After four years of peace talks, the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) finalized their peace agreement on Wednesday.
Of course, it is dateline Havana, Cuba - they met there in another stellar example of how Communism fails.
This marks an end to the five-decade long conflict in Colombia which left hundreds of thousands of people dead and millions displaced.
Very few world leaders ever get a chance to declare the end to a long and painful conflict. That opportunity fell to Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos who addressed the nation after the deal was signed.
"Today, I speak to you with a deep emotion and great happiness. Today marks the end of suffering and pain, the end of the tragedy of war. On Aug. 24, 2016...this national hope has become reality," said a jubilant Santos.
"We have reached a final, complete and definite agreement to put an end to the war of the FARC," he added.
According to the president, "the FARC will cease to exist and will become a political movement without guns."
Hundreds of thousands of people dead - why does Communism always have such a high death toll - this is supposed to be an enlightened form of government. Looking at the grand picture, Communism is directly responsible for one hundred million deaths. Either out and out murders or murder by starvation and/or stupid policies.
Its little cousin Socialism does not have that good a track record either...
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