Colombia, the Day before Signing Peace with the FARC-EP
Under intense heat dozens of people conditioned the Convention Center of the colonial city (founded in 1533), where will be held tomorrow the historical event that is expected to be attended by some 27 foreign ministers and 16 presidents, including the head of state host, Juan Manuel Santos
Before the eyes of tourists and other travelers, experts´ brigades install platforms, flags and microphones to ready the main stage of the event.
The beginning of the transcendental pact with the government and the FARC-EP insurgents put an end to over 50 years of military confrontation will occur within days of completion of the X Conference of the rebel movement, the main involved in the internal war, which has left some 300,000 dead.
At that meeting, which was held at the savannas of Yaris, members of the Revolutionary Armed Army Colombia (FARC-EP) Forces ratified the consensus reported in Havana on August 24, to end the conflict between both sides and start the reintegration into civilian life of the guerrillas with guarantees for their safety.
Such a ceremony held in Cartagena in which representatives of the guarantor countries of the already completed peace talks (Cuba and Norway) and accompanying (Chile and Venezuela), among other guests, will run in the middle of cease bilateral ceasefire agreed earlier date by the Executive and the rebel group, the largest in the country.
Official talks between government spokesmen and the FARC-EP lasted nearly four years in Cuba and allowed to reach consensus on issues of comprehensive rural reform, political participation, combating illicit drug trafficking, victims -includes a paragraph on transitional justice, bilateral cease-fire and implementation countersignature.
The signing of the peace agreement in Cartagena, will follow the plebiscite scheduled for October 2, time when citizens can validate their vote all agreed in the Cuban capital, preliminary step and mandatory for the implementation of all agreements.
That is perhaps the most important decision we have to take in our lives, said Santos in successive speeches.
While this demarcation final preparations for the official ceremony, local news reports in reviews and pronouncements of governments, ministers and others who witness the event, considered one of the most prominent events in the Latin American context.
According to the newspaper El Espectador, the city -a part of humanity, arrived and members of the FARC-EP, several foreign ministers and the president of Costa Rica, who along with other heads of state, victims of the conflagration, political Colombians and heads of multilateral agencies, will witness the expected signature, the result of a long and thorny process of talks.
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