Yet the truth commission, along with
other parts of a 2016 historic peace deal, could achieve another purpose.
Colombia’s peace process might give hope to neighboring Venezuela. That country
is quickly plunging into violence between pro-democracy protesters and the
security forces of an autocratic leader, President Nicolás Maduro. Venezuela’s
rising violence has already brought some attempts at mediation and
reconciliation. Much of the rest of Latin America, for example, seeks a new
election in Venezuela. And in a poignant message, the son of the country’s
pro-government human rights ombudsman used a YouTube video this week to call on
his father, Tarek Saab, to “end the injustice that has sunk this country.” More…
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