Apr 11, 2017
Having grovelled, begged and possibly lost a couple of
friendships in the process, I managed to secure permission to visit
Colombia's FARC guerrillas at their temporary camp in Las Colinas,
Guaviare.
This is my summation of events and my take on what is going on in
Guaviare, one of Colombia's most problematic regions. It's here we
have coca growing, demobilizing FARC guerrillas, paramilitary
groups, dissident groups of the FARC, little Colombian state
presence and huge areas of land covering strategic rivers which
lead to neighbouring Brazil and Venezuela.
Who did I meet with and what was the experience like? Well you'll
have to tune in. But, I can let you know that I had a long
conversation with El Medico Mauricio, a high-ranking guerrilla who
was present at the peace dialogues in Havana, Cuba. It was quite
the experience.