Yesterday was interesting. We had nation wide protests.
Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in every town and city, to call for an end to all of farc’s bullshit. The reason for the marches was the cold blooded execution a couple of days ago of 10 government official that they had kidnapped over the years. No reason for the massacre.
At 12pm every driver in the city here sat on their hooters. People came out into the roads waving white flags. For a short 15 minutes it felt like the whole country was telling Farc to F Off.
Colombia remains the world’s kidnap capital, with about 1,900 kidnappings a year. Some people have been help captive for over 10 years now. Just the other day a hostage managed to escaped after 7 years in the jungle.
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
The Farc is the oldest and largest group among Colombia’s left-wing rebels - and one of the world’s richest and most powerful guerrilla armies.
The group was founded in 1964, when it declared its intention to use armed struggle to overthrow the government and install a Marxist regime.
But tactics changed in the 1990s, as right-wing paramilitary forces attacked the rebels, and the Farc became increasingly involved in the drug trade to raise money for its campaign.
Some analysts believe the group has lost its political vision and that drugs have changed the way it fights. Kidnapping and extortion are now often an end in themselves.
The group is on US and European lists of terrorist organisations.
Farc would gladly like to thank all its supporters. They can be found snorting coke in club, pubs and living rooms all around the world.
