Six Reasons Colombia Said 'No' to FARC Peace Deal
Six Reasons Colombia Said 'No' to FARC Peace Deal
By
Brian Winter
A close look at the October 2 vote reveals why restarting Colombia's peace process may not be so easy.
It was a shock result. But a reexamination of why Colombians voted “no” to a peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) by a margin of just 54,000 votes on Sunday sheds some light on why almost all pundits got it wrong – and what might happen next.
Here are six reasons why the "no" won:
1. Washington is not Medellín. If you only listened to foreign pundits or some within the Obama administration, you would have thought the plebiscite was going to pass...
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