New Atlanticist
Oct 5, 2016
Colombia’s Peace Plebiscite: A Divided Nation
By
Andrea Saldarriaga Jiménez
On October 2, Colombians rejected the peace agreement brokered between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The “no” vote won the plebiscite by less than 0.5 percent of the vote with only 37 percent of voter participation. The world is shocked and Colombians astonished. Polls leading up to the plebiscite had […]