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Andean Group - July 2013 (ISSN 1741-4466)
Complicated prospects for Colombia’s rural development
Two interrelated developments have driven agrarian issues up the political agenda in Colombia. The first came in late May, when the Colombian government led by President Juan Manuel Santos and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) announced that they had reached agreement on a rural development programme at the peace talks in Havana, Cuba. The second came in early June, when thousands of peasants took to the streets in the impoverished region of Catatumbo to protest against the lack of state support for rural development. The initial outcome of the conflict in Catatumbo raises questions over the viability of the agreement reached between the government and the Farc. The clash between the measures included in the agreement and the orientation of the government’s agrarian policies of raises further doubts about the possibility of the programme being implemented.
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