Colombia: Rebels Could become Guides, Cheesemakers in Post-War Colombia

Sep 28, 2016 | Julia Symmes Cobb and Nelson Bocanegra, Reuters
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Veterans of Colombia's FARC guerrilla army could soon be making a living as eco-tourism guides, beef processors or cheese makers under plans by the Marxist group to invest in economic projects once a peace deal takes hold. Vast swathes of rural land abandoned for decades because of war will be open to development, including by ex-fighters from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) working on communal farms and other initiatives funded by the group.