Piedad CoĢrdoba: ChaĢvez Played Critical Role in Colombia Peace Accord
This Friday, March 5, Piedad CĆ³rdoba, former senator of Colombia, highlighted the role that Commander Hugo ChĆ”vez played in the Colombian peace process, remembering him on the occasion of the eighth anniversary of his passing.
āIt has been eight years since Hugo ChĆ”vez left, it seems to me that it was yesterday because the pain I feel is the same,” CĆ³rdoba wrote in her Twitter account. “His role in the peace [process] of Colombia was so crucial that I must say that without his contribution it would not have been achieved. Gratitude forever.ā
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Ya son 8 aƱos de la partida de Hugo ChƔvez, me parece que fuera ayer porque el dolor que siento es el mismo.
Su papel en la paz de Colombia fue tan crucial que me atrevo a decir que sin su aporte no se habrĆa logrado.
Gratitud por siempre.#A8AƱosDeTuSiembra #ChavezAmorYPatria pic.twitter.com/9oC65ZoOVH— Piedad CĆ³rdoba (@piedadcordoba) March 5, 2021
On repeated occasions, Commander ChĆ”vez had pointed out that “the day that peace is signed in Colombia, there will be a party in Venezuela and throughout the continent.”
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President NicolƔs Maduro was the Venezuelan Minister for Foreign Affairs at that time and had to handle an important role in that process. In 2016, he was among the signers of the peace agreements as the president of Venezuela.
However, in recent years the administration of Colombian president IvƔn Duque has put in danger the entire process, with constant massacres of demobilized FARC members and leaders as well as the canceling of peace talks with ELN, the other armed insurgency of Colombia.
Featured image: Human sign made by 2,500 Venezuelan youths in 2013, a few days after the passing of Hugo ChƔvez. File photo.
(La IguanaTV) with Orinoco Tribune content
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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