Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Colombia peace talks focus on land issues



Published 18 December 2012 07:00
The unequal distribution of land has been a major factor in the Colombian conflict for five decades. In the last twenty years alone, an area bigger than Switzerland has been stolen or abandoned as a result of it. Land reform is the first point of the ongoing peace talks between the government and the biggest rebel group, FARC. Each side differs on models for rural development. But both agree this the issue that needs to be resolved before the country can advance towards peace. Al Jazeera's Alessandro Rampietti reports from Mampujan in Colombia.

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