[zeveb]

Pure opinion without any indication of facts. Perhaps Uribe has legitimate reasons for wanting to punish the rebels?

After our Civil War the U.S. government imprisoned Jefferson Davis and others, and confiscated great quantities of land from former rebels.

[pavlov]

Seriously, the American Civil War? The mid-19th century does not provide great models for politics of any modern nation.

Anyway, the Confederation was soundly defeated within a couple of years. The Columbian government has been trying to destroy FARC with military force for half a century. At some point, you have to try something else and be prepared to make concessions for peace, even if it does not seem like perfect justice to those who still believe in a military solution.

[santiagogo]

His new proposals do not include any significantly more punitive measures for the guerrillas, but rather seek more impunity by changing the transitional justice from an international tribunal overseeing a truth process, to a local secret tribunal with complete impunity for paramilitary leaders, business leaders and politicians who helped finance the both parties and took part in the drug trafficking that helped finance the war.