Colombia politicians must work together to end conflict

Fifteen years ago many outsiders feared that Colombia would become a failed state. Instead the government under Alvaro Uribe drove the guerrillas back and persuaded the FARC that it could not win power by force. Crushing the 6.000 remaining FARC fighters would take decades more of bloodshed.

The current president Juan Manuel Santos was right to negotiate with them; Uribe should support him. If Colombia is to make peace, its leading politicians must work together.



Source: The Economist