Colombia’s Peace Talks And The Lives Of Farm Workers And Campesinos

Humberto de la Calle, right, head of Colombia’s government peace negotiation team, shakes hands with Ivan Marquez, chief negotiator of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, May 15, 2016. Colombia’s government and the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia say they have agreed on the return of a handful of children living in the group’s camps to civilian life.
Humberto de la Calle, right, head of Colombia's government peace negotiation team, shakes hands with Ivan Marquez, chief negotiator of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, May 15, 2016. Colombia's government and the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia say they have agreed on the return of a handful of children living in the group's camps to civilian life. Ismael Francisco, Cubadebate via AP
Humberto de la Calle, right, head of Colombia’s government peace negotiation team, shakes hands with Ivan Marquez, chief negotiator of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, May 15, 2016. Colombia’s government and the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia say they have agreed on the return of a handful of children living in the group’s camps to civilian life.
Humberto de la Calle, right, head of Colombia's government peace negotiation team, shakes hands with Ivan Marquez, chief negotiator of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, May 15, 2016. Colombia's government and the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia say they have agreed on the return of a handful of children living in the group's camps to civilian life. Ismael Francisco, Cubadebate via AP

Colombia’s Peace Talks And The Lives Of Farm Workers And Campesinos

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Colombia peace negotiations appear close to a resolution. The government, leftist Guerillas and paramilitary forces have been at war for half-a-century, and millions of victims like Colombia’s Afro and indigenous populations, union workers, farmers and campesinos have been caught in the crossifre. 

We talk with Nidia Quintero, General Secretary of FENSUAGRO, Colombia’s largest federation of agricultural workers unions. She’ll tell us how she thinks a peace agreement would impact the lives of farm workers and campesinos, who are subject to oppression, disappearance and murder at the hands of warring factions in Colombia.