The FARC got everything they asked for in the US-Cuba-Vatican-sponsored “peace talks” with the Santos administration, so the New Year’s Eve party was a big shindig. Even the UN peacekeepers joined in the dancing.
As you may recall, the agreement was fast-tracked on time for Santo’s Nobel Peace Prize ceremony.
The FARC’s New Year’s Eve celebration is narrated in emotional, dulcet tones,
U.N. staff in hot water for dancing with Colombian rebels
The U.N. mission in a statement late Monday said it would take appropriate measures.
“This behavior is inappropriate and doesn’t reflect the values of professionalism and impartiality of the mission,” it said without identifying the officials by name or nationality.
Emphasis added:
The U.N. mission is charged with receiving the weapons and providing periodic reports on the two sides’ adherence to the peace deal that seeks to bring to an end decades of bloody fighting
The same video, questioning the peacekeepers’ neutrality,
“Allegations of recruiting and prostitution in ZVTN [Zonas Veredales Transitorias de Normalización, or Transitional Pathway Normalization Zones]. How is the UN supposed to verify the allegations if it’s partying with the FARC? Neutral?”
Denuncias de reclutamiento y prostitución en ZVTN. ¿Cómo se supone que la ONU verifica denuncias si están de parranda con Farc? ¿Neutrales? pic.twitter.com/spfF27xGE3
— Andrés Fdo. Portillo (@andresportillo_) January 2, 2017
In other reports, FARC Violate Demobilization Terms in New Year’s Bash
According to the report, some guerrillas also received visits from their relatives, including minors, which according to the agreement is prohibited. The Colombian government appeared to overlook the irregularities in the year end festivities, which featured one particularly poignant reunion of a child who had not seen his parents (both FARC soldiers) in more than two years.The party featured a barbecue, music, and even a beer, which is also technically prohibited, but was also overlooked in the spirit of the Holiday Season. To ring in the New Year, guerrillas turned in their rifles and camouflage fatigues for civilian clothes and makeovers, including manicures and new hairstyles.
Hey, I’m all for good grooming, but the terms of the agreement are foremost.
To add to the festivities, a FARC’s Frente 34 commander was touting “peace with social justice,” as reported in El Espectador.
InSight Crime reminds us about the world’s largest Communist narco-terrorist group,
The FARC are the oldest and most important guerrilla group in the Western Hemisphere. They have long financed their political and military battle against the Colombian government through kidnapping, extortion and participating in the drug trade on various levels.
Today Jay Nordlinger started a series, Colombian Plans. Here is Part 1.
Related:
Alvaro Uribe wrote about the three popes he’s met (prior post here):
Su Santidad Francisco
-Ya han pasado dos presidentes de Colombia, ¡será que somos tres!-, fue mi cruce de… https://t.co/viazjCMpDm
— Álvaro Uribe Vélez (@AlvaroUribeVel) January 3, 2017
UPDATE
Santos siempre lo negó, otra mentira, con razón firman para revocarlo pic.twitter.com/kMwo9PfdcI
— Álvaro Uribe Vélez (@AlvaroUribeVel) January 3, 2017
Obama Could Pardon Extradited FARC Leader as Part of Peace Deal. Santos had previously denied agreeing to Simón Trinidad’s release, but four years ago I had posted about a possible release:
As such, it appears President Santos has been applying pressure on Washington to release the terrorist Trinidad to appease the FARC in hopes of making progress during their so-called “peace talks,” which in the past only served to embolden the terrorist group.
