Colombia not reserving enough money for peace: Expert [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

Colombia not reserving enough money for peace: Expert
Posted by Jonathon Orta on Aug 12, 2015

Colombia’s national government is not reserving the money needed for an effective peace process with the FARC, said an economics expert on Tuesday.

Congress is currently debating the 2016 national budget, which is under pressure because of low oil prices that used to secure approximately 20% of government expenses. As a result, Finance Minister Mauricio Cardenas is seeking to pass “intelligent austerity” measures.

In the meantime, the government is trying to round up peace talks with the FARC that could result in a peace deal, requiring tens of billions of dollars to effectively implement.

Cardenas stated on Tuesday that there will be a 9% increase in funding to post conflict peace plans in his department’s proposed 2016 budget.

More:
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-not-reserving-enough-money-for-peace-expert/

(They have been living on steady huge boatloads of US taxpayers' tax dollars to continue their war against the poor of Colombia, the rural, the left, for decades. That has been their budget to sustain the government and affluent oligarchs in the style in which they have been accustomed to living. Without it, they got ZIP!)

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