Publicado por El Espectador Colombia 2020 el 22 de julio de 2020.
A profile of Sandra Ramírez, the FARC senator just named to the post of second vice-president of Colombia’s Senate.
July 22, 2020
Sandra Ramírez: su paso de la guerra al Congreso
Tag: FARC Political Future
June 29, 2020
Press reports reveal an internal FARC party document recommending reprimands and even expulsions of high-ranking party leaders regarded as divisive and insubordinate to leadership. They include Benedicto González, Jesús Emilio Carvajalino (Andrés París), Ubaldo Enrique Zúñiga (Pablo Atrato) and José Benito Cabrera (Fabián Ramírez). González accuses maximum leader Rodrigo Londoño and other moderate party leaders as “submissive to the state” and favoring multinationals’ involvement in productive projects at excombatant reincorporation sites.
June 29, 2020
May 24, 2020
In a video, maximum FARC party leader Rodrigo Londoño voices discomfort with the party’s name, saying it sends “a pretty complicated message, which even generates distance when one tries to talk to people.” Changing the name, though, would require a decision of an assembly of the party’s membership.
May 24, 2020
May 19, 2020
The Interior Ministry names 30-year-old Jorge Tovar, son of top ex-paramilitary leader “Jorge 40,” to coordinate its Internal Coordination Group for Armed Conflict Victims Policy. Though Tovar is not accused of any of his father’s crimes and has participated in reconciliation efforts, the nomination is highly controversial. In past tweets, Tovar has called his father—currently imprisoned in the United States on drug charges—a “political prisoner” and a “hero,” and has attacked leftist politicians. The Movement of Victims of State Crimes (MOVICE) strongly opposes the nomination, as do Colombia’s national platforms of human rights groups.
On May 20, maximum FARC party leader Rodrigo Londoño angers many within his party by defending the Interior Ministry’s hiring of Tovar. Londoño calls Tovar “a person who seems committed to supporting peace and reconciliation processes.”
May 19, 2020
Timochenko habla de su atentado
Publicado por El Tiempo el 30 de enero de 2020.
Maximum FARC party leader Rodrigo Londoño alias Timochenko talks about the alleged attempt on his life, and about divisions within the ex-guerrillas’ political party.
January 30, 2020
January 26, 2020
- The FARC political party suffers some high-profile defections. Tanja Nijmeijer, a Dutch citizen who joined the guerrillas in 2002 and was part of the negotiating team in Cuba, left the party “because I’ve had years without feeling in sync with what is decided, discussed, or planned.” Also leaving for political reasons was Martín Batalla, who ran one of the most successful ex-combatant reintegration processes. Neither defector appeared to be taking up arms—just leaving the ex-guerrilla political party.
January 26, 2020
La Farc se fragmenta
Publicado por Semana el 26 de enero de 2020.
Semana looks at internal divisions, defections, and disagreements in the FARC political party.
January 26, 2020