Text 5: The Guardian
- We Must Agree Peace by Christmas or hope will end, says Colombian leader
- Discuss his unexpected Nobel peace prize award
- John Mulholland and Ed Vulliamy
- The vote described as a “huge setback”
- Shows input from his biggest critic Uribe, saying that FARC’s entry into politics will turn Colombia into a “second Venezuela”
- ^ I agree that the FARC should be held off or at least have to be elected by the people into positions, not because I disagree with their policies but because it would cripple the morale of half the nation
- ^You have a divided nation, peoples’ voices need to be heard, Colombia needs to find peace without truly legitimizing the FARC
- Critics attacked “transitional justice” – the idea that confessing your crimes and cooperating to build peace
- UK & Northern Ireland have given tremendous support to Colombia and is helping accelerate peace