Colombia referendum: Voters reject Farc peace deal

dat is ah sooprise of the first order : : :

I am surprised that you are surprised. Your reaction should have been that the Americans would want a continued conflict in their destabilisation  of Latin America and somehow rigged the referendum with the Dibold voting machines 

definitely. you have a point there but I have taken for granted that Colombia put a reasonably fair process in place... or tried to.

and no doubt there were international observers etc..Jimmy Carter's people in particular

if the american government had anything to do with it it chances are it was not a fair process

yep the americanos had  the ballots stolen

.... sooprised because it seems the people are seriously tired of the war.  man it has been going on forever.

I expected an overwhelming end of the war vote that no manipulation cud sunder.

but we will see.  stay tuned!

i fuhget to mention dat Cuba is involved centrally in the Colombian peace process..and a lot of other parties who are very keen on proper elections...verifiable elections.

I never saw america with a full hand in organizing that election.  to my mind all parties concerned wud have been keen to keep america out of that.

the only  interest in that process I saw as overtly even rabidly pro american is Alvaro Uribe the former Colombian president who is a rabid and particularly nasty right winger.  anything american in Colombia is possible through Uribe.

but I did not think he had so much remaining power as to be able to influence the election decisively

According to an article in Reuters today only one-third of eligible voters cast votes. Hopefully the government will demand more from FARC - such as clawing back all the property and money they stole over the last 40+ years to rejuvenate the small villages and towns they decimated - and have a new peace deal. No one wins in war.

now we have an idea of why there was a low turnout...Intimidation of the voting public.

we will see more soon I am sure!