As a colombian student, that has lived the process from 2016 until now, I think this documentary shows the magnitude of the social issues we face now. Actually we live times of social protest, we are on the streets saying that the State has the due to respect the Agreements, that there is a genocide against the indigenous people in the Cauca Department (but not only there but all across the country), that the laboral rigths are violated, the education is not totally public and the colombian society is one of the most unequal in the world. There is a political sector that wants us on war again and our president represent them. The former president Uribe has more than 200 justice process due to his relations with paramilitary forces but is still in the Congress being, with his party (the Democratic Center), one of the powerfull political forces in Colombia. We face hard times, but there are people working every day and puting in risk their life for a peacefull country.
There is a big business between FARC and cartels they are still dealing with his profitable business of cocaine, and it carries out to murder indigenuos people whom are opposed to deal with it, they are ordered to cultivate coca plants, and if they denied that command they will be murdered by the Terrorist FARC, its typically to blame allways the colombian governmet and the test of the colombian people, the peace will never appear unless they cocaine dealer will disapear.
@@VLADIMIR007ISH I agree about the narcotrafic issue; and the cocaine consumers all around the world must know that they are allowing the genocide in Colombia. But you can't just blame de Discidences of FARC (that are a group that leave the Agreement and are of course illegal) without see that there are also the ELN guerilla, the Bacrim (criminal groups without any political ideology) and paramilitary forces arrond the country. And the Government has certain responsability on that because the territories that FARC leave are now in hands of that groups and the state has not taken control over them.
Le agradezco por su comentario. If it makes you feel any better, I think Colombia today appears to be relatively more peaceful and less divided socially than many other countries, including most of Latin America and the USA. It is hopeful to see a society that has hope of coming together, because where I am from there is no hope that we will ever again be united.
A great documentary that actually taught me so much about the realities of this beautiful country. As someone from Myanmar, another country with a long dark violent history, I really hope peace prevails in Colombia.
Wherever you go you see the same problem. Different group names, religions, skin color and language. Lot of ppl are not paying attention. Africa and the Middle have exactly the same problem as South America and more.
This is one of the best documentaries..... without bias....i didn't know about Colombia and it's history....it helped me to understand about Colombia....
My mother is Colombian and let me tell you she has almost never referenced the fragile "peace" in Colombia and why? Because in Colombia Society is divided into three things: family, wealth and tradition, normally in that order. The reputation the Colombians have for "Evil", is heavily biased. In Colombia I promise you the average person walking down the street, does their utmost to ignore stuff like politics, drugs and people with guns. What most Colombians care about is peace and prosperity which often comes at a cost yes, but ultimately when push comes to shove the average Colombian walking down the street is smart enough to swim with the tide, rather than against it, if you catch my drift. The era of South America being ground zero for the war in drugs is slowly dying. The era of plutocratic oligarchs controlling South America is slowly eroding because the Colombian people are growing self-sufficient enough to no longer depend on them. It will undoubtedly take a long time and the results won't be perfect, but gradually life improves for the average Colombian because of education and open mindedness. My mother loves her homeland and I love mine although both are on literally opposite sides of the world, but one thing we can all agree on is: if you keep an open mind and an open heart, peace and prosperity will eventually come in the way of your society. Yes greed and prejudice do corrupt, but hope gives us the strength to strive.
If countries would decline USA war on drugs funds the homicide rates would decline drastically, they gave govts license to kill anybody and claim they were drug dealers, the more they kill the more funds they get, Colombia military admitted killing poor peasants, they called them false positives.
You made some good points. Sadly the generations of the colonizing families will not easily relinquish the stolen wealth. This applies to other countries as well. Thank you for being an open minded person.
Three years ago, anyone who asked "Will Colombia be really at peace?" was labeled as a far-right extremist by media, including DW. Now they ask the same question.
I came back from Colombia this year. Beautiful country with beautiful people. Would love to visit there again in the future. Love it when DW documentary produces amazing videos like this.
Gilberto Guerra says the FARC said "se unen o se van" the English dubbing says "you join us or you dissappear" this is not a faithful translation of this second hand relating, a faithful translation would be "you join us or leave"
@@mariadavis3797 not really, the implied meaning of "or you disappear" is that *we will kill otherwise" the meaning of "o se van" is different, if someone wanted to imply that in Spanish they could say "o te vamos a desaparecer" or some other phrase, the fact that Gilberto doesn't say they were forced out of that particular village leaves quite a lot of doubt as to whether his story is being retold faithfully. I don't think the FARC were saints but considering that the justifications for taking up arms were glossed over I am somewhat skeptical of this presentation.
Agree, the translation is OK, but doesn't surprise the nuances of the language. Please stop dubbing and subtitle so we can hear the facts and search our own interpretation
They just want to make it sound worse so they have more people interested like most of the videos we have in the internet. Morbid informative content. In the beginning the narrator said he was 2 years ago in Colombia and noticed a cease of fire. I was like what?? He noticed? I’ve lived in Colombia all my life and it’s been the same before and after the peace treaty for me. I didn’t notice change. Maybe there was a change for those who are deep in the rural areas. But this person who just came two years ago can tell about the real Colombian peace. Please I need more objective informative content.
Colombia has always been a violent country since its creation, it is not easy to change a corrupt and violent culture just by signing a peace agreement, new generations with a different mentality are needed but that is a process that involves decades, Colombia has improved a lot but there are still thousands of problems to solve
Exactly! The successful scammers are the heroes instead of being loathsome criminals. A common saying is, "In Colombia we will steal a hole." E.G. it doesn't have to have value, it's just what they do. They steal manhole covers. You cannot buy car theft insurance because it costs more than losing the car. The owners steal their own cars. Entire departments in banks don't show up for work on Monday and they find out it is because they all got together and started their own organization to rob the bank. It's bars on windows and guards at night while you are sleeping. The military guards common pedestrian paths at night. What do you think that costs? People with farms have them because they have been responsible over generations and without those people they would starve. Subsistence farmers move to the city with no skills and believe that they will easily make money like the people who live there. Their kids often end up on the street. The agreement was defeated because the FARC already was impotent due to the mess the FARC made in cities like Medillin and in the countryside. They were not wanted and the people didn't want to do deals with the devil. Many had lost family members. They wanted the FARC dead. Because some have so much and they have so little, they believe they are entitled to what others have earned. Equality is not a desired outcome. Billionaires gave us computers, the Internet, cell phones, and jobs for those of us who just want to have a decent life without risking it all, all the time, like they do. Because they do and we don't want that life, means we are entitled to one peso of theirs. These are not problems the government or education can fix. You need to change the hearts of the people. Only a society that follows Biblical principles achieves prosperity, whether or not they've ever read the Bible or believe in Jesus. These are principles just as immutable as Bernoulli's principle and gravity.
This sounds really like the political situation and development in many African countries right now. The 'Old Guard' is old and corrupt, backward, stifled and limited in their thinking. Majority of the African continent is youth but this will take decades and decades till the dinosaurs are finally out and new and fresh thinking comes in with the youth..
@@lifestyledesign2208 That 'Old Guard' that is old and corrupt, backward, stifled and limited in their thinking are the ones that built the airlines, airports, roads, buildings, businesses that people use, farms and machinery that fed you, the hospitals and doctors that kept you alive and the communications and digital environment you use. What I want to see is the new guard to leave all of the stuff the corrupt "Old Guard" built, move into an undeveloped jungle and show the "Old Guard" how it's done with their fresh, new ideas. Venezuela got rid of their old corrupt guard. Robbed people of the land they had slowly acquired through generations of hard work, robbed investors in their country of their investments, and re-distributed their wealth. "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need." Now that they chopped up the geese that were laying the golden eggs, everyone is equal, it's just some are more equal than others. There are reasons for poverty, and wealth is created, not gathered from a fixed pool or resources. Whatever you subsidize you get more of. Stop subsidizing poverty is a start. The wealthy are happy to teach people how to be wealthy because they know that wealth is created so it is no threat to themselves, it actually helps them because now people have more wealth to buy more from themselves. The only ones talking about redistributing wealth are the ones too incompetent to create it. So the first question to ask a politician is if they have started and run an successful business. If the answer is no, then don't appoint them to run an enterprise the size of a country that determines the success of millions. That's like having a young, grape picker, with fresh ides, do your heart surgery.
@@jackt6112 the problem with the wealthy is that they rig the system to keep themselves at the top of the heap. Because if if everyone is wealthy who will work for the other? Capitalism is simply minimise expenses in order to maximize profits and it's keeping the poor ever poor to perpetrate this scheme of thingsy
I am colombia, i am extremely overwhelmed because this, even considering the peace process was held 6 years ago, nothing has changed in the rural areas, and more in the not not protected areas, where the conflict is still seen. The only change is seeing how fragile our people could be, that the fake news and fake information could led that the most of our voters voted for a conservative right wing Präsident who did promise in campaign that the peace accord must be destroyed, the special jurisdiction for peace must be eliminated was also one of their promises. Sometimes i cry just watching the sad reality, and the rise of paramilitarims in colombia, around 200 ex-farc members just as well were subjected to the peace accord have been assassinated. Around 350 social leaders, ambientalist leaders, people who are actually risking their lifes to see a Developed and free colombia, they have been killed. The extrajudicial killings, around 6000 people, the people in the chain of command, our current president Ivan Duque has put them in powerful positions of the military forces, giving them embassies. I just expect that one day i could see this country free of the ones who make political campaign with the war and the blood of farmers and defenseless people, Alvaro Uribe, who is the former president of Colombia in between 2002-2010, has been and will be remembered as one of the worst presidents in our history, he leaded the terrible war and turned into an economic number, without excluding the amount of innocents, almost 10000, that were killed under his presidency, just to show the country that "we were winning the war", and an incredible amount of people that worked with him have been mentioned of collaboration with the paramilitary so they could make massacres, kill people, and repel people from areas of interest. This country have seen too many rivers of blood, yes, like the journalist says, the paramilitarism was one of the worst things that ever happened to this nation, it changed the view of the conflict, and turn in into a massacre in collaboration with the armed forces, the congress of the republic, governors, mayors, people who owns an overwhelming amount of land, and multinational companies, the period in between 1975 and 2004 was the worst period of the conflict and the war in Colombia. There was a war, there was a conflict, and it will never be forgotten. I have just gratitude words for the german government, the one who had made thousand things more for the peace of Colombia, than compared to the government of Ivan Duque/Uribe, and much more than 50 million of colombians. Vielen Dank Deutschland für allen.
Journalist like Jineth are rare, her bravery and integrity is more than what those cowards and despicable humans who harmed her will ever be. I salute you, ma'am. I'll pray for you and your family's good health and for the peace of Colombia.
Your channel has some very good content, but I would rather have the translations subtitled than dubbed so that those of us who understand the language used can tell nuances. The translation is decent, but not great, a lot of human emotion and opinion nuance is lost this way.
@@kotkotlecik7310 there is a point there and in same time translation does lose some of the information, perhaps a technologic breaktrough lol will allow to switch betwen bouth
@@kotkotlecik7310 in my country we have always done it and you easily can get used to it. Also for me unimagible to have the most famous movies in the world but then dubbed.
Encanto is what made me interested in Columbian history. I think it's great that our kids are being inspired with real history tucked into there movies.
As a Colombian I can tell you this is closest to the true is really well put together documentary sad but very true what is been happening for many years
This was very informative. I pray for the struggling and injustice of people and innocent people in Colombia. It's just terrible what they are going through and how the government continues to be their biggest enemy even though they preach the opposite.
DW documentary is the top documentary producer, I always rank your work as number one of all documentary and your work is the best of all no doubt about it... Thanks a lot DW documentary you are the living legend in producing best... Much love ❤️ to all the stuff..👏👍🏾
Everything has an arbitrary, monetary value. But, love...love you can not buy. Nihilism is the byproduct of Capitalism - which mostly everything else branches off of. Until the system is fixed, your life means nothing. As a consequence, this post means nothing and so Facebook/YT - like any other social media platform - only serve to keep the status quo intact, under the guise of bringing forth some type of quid pro quo which mainly/mostly benefits the people. When the fact of the matter is: FB/YT is the USofA, while its users are Puerto Rico;manipulate the perception, and it becomes your reality. While you fall in lockstep with what's expected of you, you'll have some room to question, but no true will nor resources to fight. Thus, you need to come to grips with the fact that it's beyond your reach because for starters, you don't even truly believe what you've been taught to believe, yet you still parrot the company line.🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️ Thereby are not in a position to teach yourself how to properly think;which therefore means that you're only lying to, and deceiving yourself. If there were ever a time to let the people go, and be true individuals...it's now. But, it has always been now.
As a Colombian I have two sayings "10 men can't change Colombia for the better, but 1 can make it burn" and "The day civil war stops in Colombia will either be because there's a dictatorship or there is no longer a Colombia"
I hope the conflict with the government and its people eventually come to an end. The people deserve to pursue their rights which is why the governments in those places exist, to make that happen. hope the best for these people.
Is very naif your statement, in countries like mine, Colombia, the government or state do not represent the people o civil society and its interest, but it represents or defends the interests of upper elite, neocolonialist capitalist oligarchic socioeconomic classes who own and control the politics, churches, farms, mines, fores, natural, industrial, agricultural, fishing, cultural, thinking, educative, military, police services, organizations, enterprises, activities, is very different the situation, historical situation in countries like Latin-American countries in opposition to countries like yours...
My parents are from Colombia, as an Colombian-American looking from the outside I hope and pray Colombia pulls through all this. I hate it that Colombians are very talented and the country is very rich in resources yet so many live in poverty. Truth is that in Colombia the very rich aren't interested in real economic development. Much has to do with the fact that corruption is so ingrained trying to do anything becomes are ridiculous process, it's like a virus that hasn't gone away. The FARC are very much responsible for the instability because they lost their way and the failure of the state is evident as well. You can't build a strong nation with a weak foundation, the current system needs to be uprooted and rebuilt in my opinion.
At least the war is over. Its better to have poverty and no war then war and poverty. You need to vote because the US is the backdaddy of latin america. Who ever is in control of the white house, dictates latin america.
@@hellotheir1427 Who are you trying to kid? Without them there would be no economy. Colombians run them. Try to get a job with them without being Colombian. The only thing the non-Colombians do is establish the business using their practices that work everywhere else for them, and any proprietary methods and machinery that makes them successful.
I did lot of research on Colombia’s history and this was the only documentary I found so far. To my Colombian friend pleas do more documentaries on your history.
Depressive situation!! It is hard to accept we have this issues! I specially feel bad for the agriculturist! Their work is so important, n have so little recognition! I didn’t know the paramilitaries were so corruptive! 😡😡😡
The initial premise in the documentary asks whether the Guerilla would follow through with the peace agreements. But the truth today is the current Colombian government is making it impossible to implement that peace deal no matter how committed the FARC really were to begin with. A peace agreement might have been signed but there is no peace. International organizations guarantors of the process are taking notice.
I am very saddened by what’s happening to Colombia. It’s very beautiful country and most people I met were very nice, but I have little hope due to the the deep rooted corruption and sense of privilege amongst ruling families. One thing should be known and that’s the grass doesn’t grow under the rock. You can suppress people for as long, at the end they will rise up.
The right to bear arms and have a militia is important as when you give up your guns and those you fought but came to agreement with are trusted to enforce the agreement. This happened so many times in history. The Mexican revolution. This is whe US constitution is so important. The founding fathers wanted a way to give the people a check valve on tyranny. Its so sad after all they fought for they were tricked decieved and then killed.
And all of those paramilitary forces as well as the communist rebels used that right to commit thousands upon thousands of of murders massacres and destabilized the country so much more by adding to an already "conventional" war between the federal army and the rebels.
As a Colombian, it is still mind boggling that neither the media, nor the citizens, as a rule, ever bothered to read the lengthy "peace accord" plus annexes. The vote for "yes" or "no", was not as simple as voting for peace or war, but a vote in the manner in which the responsabilities and commitments for the state (not the government) and the FARC would handle "peace". In 2020 we are facing the failing of the peace accord, simply because there was and still is missing a real commitment from FARC to cease to continue the illigal drug business, and the government of Juan Manuel Santos and Ivan Duque have failed to come up with a national long term strategy for the country, a plan that needs to be conceived and put into motion by the public and private sectors and, of coruse, with the legitimate involvement of the former FARC. And the international community should serioulsy consider the legalization of drugs. After all, it is a problem of demand, not of offer.
I think the same. I'm Colombian and when I watch this documentaries of us, France, germany. They don't let you comment 😱. They didn't mentioned how developed it's Colombia right now. Amazing healthcare, fashion industry, new construction projects, great universities, etc. This DW channel it's bias as you mentioned!
@@DWDocumentary I think Me R and I are basically saying the same thing. By closing comments you bias is showing. Honestly, I don't mind biased opinions but you should own it. The comment section allows viewers to read a dissenting perspective, often from viewers in the area of the documentary.
Land reforms, wealth inequality is a problem in many asian countries as well. I don't understand why countries aren't focussing on skilling their citizens and promote manufacturing sector rather than focusing on agriculture.
Because a latifundiary oligarchy is one of the biggest obstacles to industralization. No country can focus on a manufacture based economy without solving the land issue first.
This is exactly why democracy is not always the best system for a country. First and foremost the people need to be educated and what they're voting on or else they just follow the loudest speaker
Excellent professional work .Bravo to the journalists ! There is a status all over the world ,few people will dominate many. This is a fact.Thirst for power and money are the main causes of all.Knowledge and education is a shield against exploitation.
At leas you can travel into FARC territory now..(acompanied) as a tourist..although you have to pay " vacuna" whereas before you couldnt..ELN territory is a different issue
I'm watching this entire video, but, in the 1st 3 mins... the tone is very depressing... I commute to Bogota/Chapinero from Dallas... and I find it a beautiful and nice place to live... I've had **** Zero **** issues here... will continue to watch...
I agree, practically the whole video shows the country in the most depressed state, with the greyest tones and shows so many images of dilapidated houses that makes it seem that Colombia is the poorest country in the world and not even the sun dares to shine in that waste land.
@@byrlink That's the true Colombia, the nice areas in the big cities are islands of peace in an itherwise depressing reality of the country. I live in one of this islands of peace, Cedritos in Bogotá, but informing myself about the issues of my country keeps my feet grounded on the reality of my country.
My true sympathies are with the peasentry/rural population of Colombia.I pray their rights will one day be protected and justice will come to them.I wish Colombia a beautiful country will stand truly beautiful for all it's people equally.
When giving the view of Bogota, please don't just show the shabby slums, the fact is major part of the city is beautiful and mordern ...... Colombia is a wonderful country...... Drug and war is an ugly part, but it is just a small part of Colombia.
Hell no they're not and doubtful it will ever happen. Sad to say. Some of the nicest people on the planet. A beautiful country full of resources and I love it here.
Reading these comments literally trouble me. How the hell are we okay with this?!!!! This needs to change!! There needs to be genuine social justice for these people, not one more person’s life should be taken just for standing up for themselves and their rights, how can we be okay with this? I’m in absolute shock.
As a Colombian, I enjoy this documentary, as it shows the voices of people who traditionally have not been heard publicly. However, it shows a clear bias. For instance, it does not mention that Gustavo Petro was part of the M-19 urban guerilla, involved in several kidnappings and massacres. It's also highly uninformed, highlighting the redistribution of land as the solution to current inequality, when less than 10% of our GDP comes from agriculture (60 years ago it used to be over 40%). Understandable, as telling the informed truth would not be as attractive and interesting for mainstream viewers as telling a romanticised, anti-establishment and dystopian version in the form of a made up tale of state oppression.
I lived in Colombia in 2014, 15, 16, and part of 2019 when a lot of this was taking place. This is what I wrote as it was going on: Regardless of the ¨peace process¨ in Colombia FARC is STILL making threats on communities and kidnapping people. You can not negotiate with these animals. A lot of people abroad are wondering about this peace process in Colombia. I am neural but there are a lot of unanswered questions for me. Sure, peace is good but the agreement is very incomplete. Colombia can do better. For one, FARC is NOT the only guerrilla group in Colombia (ELN is another prominent one) but the peace process only includes FARC and ONLY 70% of FARC as some members have refused to sign. FARC members who signed will turn in their guns but there is no way to see if they have turned in all their guns. I also have a feeling many people who vote YES for the peace deal will regret it when taxes increase (post-war taxes) and ex FARC members are NOT the ones who will pay those taxes, FYI. Also pension will be affected. And of course peace is great but when it involves re-integrating killers, kidnappers, etc. back into society with 2 million pesos/month (and they do not have to do anything for that money) in apartments that may be right next to yours, it is not so rosy. I can not imagine many people wanting to live near ex-murderer, ex-kidnappers, and ex-thieves, etc. These people should be in jail, not given a free ride back into society based off of a peace deal that is grossly incomplete. I am not against peace, but when the word is used to misdirect people, it is so dishonest. Not to mention the agreement was signed a few weeks before citizens voted. And why, just before the vote when I was walking in the square of Caijica, were there people in Caijica bribing citizens of the town that "voting yes could win you a trip to Cartagena"? This whole process is not nearly as cut and dry and the fact that there are agents out there bribing citizens for a "yes" proves that. If this was so clear cut black and white you would not need bribery...
Rape and murder are the same thing. Rape victims have to live with their deadly wounds the rest of their lives even if justice is found, it is so rarely found
@@Sum_Ting_Wong its not really about cocaine though... its about leftiest groups wanting to force their way of life and mentality on the rest of Colombia... Look into Bolivia and you'd find out that Colombia could just legalize cocaine and it wouldnt affect Colombia negatively at all.
@@KaDavyd13 ....FARC and other such groups have been funding themselves through cocaine for decades....the goverenments in these places are utterl inept
@@KaDavyd13 no just leftiest groups, right groups devastated this country too (paramilitars, militars, and goverments). What do You think that You know about the south american problems? We agree that you and other people learn about our problems, because is necessary, we need a new future. But You think that just one part have the fault? That doesnt have context at all, because the way that you think, is the way of our aggressors, our parents, the politicians, and we don't want to continue like this, making the same fucking mistake.
Sum Ting Wong you are right, if these governments cared for its people they legalize it and let the ones buying it deal with the consequences of addiction instead of making the Colombian people deal with the problems of illegalizing a product
People just believed his lies about no fracking, less taxes for the poor and new job oportunities. Now when he shows his true neo liberal face, some of his voters regret their decision, and that's growing!
As a Colombian I have to say that the country has never been governed by the left, all the atrocities and violence has happened under right wing presidents. And this is not about left and right, it's about the people of our country fighting for their rights in the streets!
"The guerrillas have as their main objective to obtain power, it is very unlikely that they will give up their weapons, and the president, who is a former guerrilla fighter, will not take measures against them; on the contrary, he needs the guerrillas and the division of the country so that, in the midst of chaos, they can help him perpetuate his power."
Is ironic to think that the new president Petro a former guerrilla member is doing a lot more for the peace process in my country that any other president giving land for the poor people to give up their weapons and have a place to live and work having agriculture crops I really hope he continues and be able to still helping them reintegrate to society that’s the only way to do it in my eyes in a highly unequal country where people are starving for opportunities to have a better life what a great documentary 👍👍👍
Couldn't make it past minute 15. Not a single interview with anyone opposing the peace treaty?. Why not?. Are you afraid they may explain why forgiving criminals and giving them political and economical benefits while keeping the cocaine infrastructure could go wrong?
Exactly! Colombians already paid with their blood and treasure to defeat the FARC. Now the people are not willing to support a deal that legitimizes and rewards these butchers. This is not Colombians first rodeo. They lived through how well appeasement has worked in the past.
It irritates me that the comments are disabled for the video she did on the USA and poverty. She talked about everybody's money situation in euros... why??? in case you didn't know we use dollars in the United States, so if you're going to do a documentary use proper information
Well, this documentary is lack of show the crimes commited by the guerrilla, at the end it feels like the Colombian State and the military are the bad of the movie!, SO WRONG! Also..why is at the end of the video important for the producers show the lgbt flag intead of the Colombian flag?
As long as the powerful elite keep the status quo going in Latin America , the immigration of their respective population towards a better future in the United States will never ever stop .
As a Colombia I was one of the ones that did not believe that the agreement could do anything but get the war worst, few years later, eventhought that if the agreement was implemented against the mayorities It happened exacly what we thought was going to happen. Let me walk you throught, nowadays after this happened, it was created a separate justice for them, to do what?... everybody that undergoes thorught that "system of Justice" is indulted without taking any responsabilities of what they did. Do you even call justice to that?.. whatever lets say that we "have" to accept that. Imagine now that those high ranked narcos are now ruling the country and have a political party... let me tell if you belive all this scumbags created suppoudsely this to end up having more power not only in the jungles but in the congress I believe you are right.
A few years ago a friend of mine, a Columbian investigative journalist, asked me if I would be interested in making a documentary about FARC. My reply, although polite, was short and straight to the point: he knew a lot of the 'rebels' from growing up in Columbia and even he said they were in it for money and nothing more.
Colombia has done way better than they have since I last visited there in 1997. However, Colombia still has a long way to go before there is ever going to be a total peace. The CIA does not want Colombia to be at total peace because they make money from causing trouble in Colombia and other parts of the world.
As a colombian student, that has lived the process from 2016 until now, I think this documentary shows the magnitude of the social issues we face now.
Actually we live times of social protest, we are on the streets saying that the State has the due to respect the Agreements, that there is a genocide against the indigenous people in the Cauca Department (but not only there but all across the country), that the laboral rigths are violated, the education is not totally public and the colombian society is one of the most unequal in the world.
There is a political sector that wants us on war again and our president represent them. The former president Uribe has more than 200 justice process due to his relations with paramilitary forces but is still in the Congress being, with his party (the Democratic Center), one of the powerfull political forces in Colombia.
We face hard times, but there are people working every day and puting in risk their life for a peacefull country.
Tenemos que orar por Colombia 🙁
There is a big business between FARC and cartels they are still dealing with his profitable business of cocaine, and it carries out to murder indigenuos people whom are opposed to deal with it, they are ordered to cultivate coca plants, and if they denied that command they will be murdered by the Terrorist FARC, its typically to blame allways the colombian governmet and the test of the colombian people, the peace will never appear unless they cocaine dealer will disapear.
@@VLADIMIR007ISH I agree about the narcotrafic issue; and the cocaine consumers all around the world must know that they are allowing the genocide in Colombia. But you can't just blame de Discidences of FARC (that are a group that leave the Agreement and are of course illegal) without see that there are also the ELN guerilla, the Bacrim (criminal groups without any political ideology) and paramilitary forces arrond the country. And the Government has certain responsability on that because the territories that FARC leave are now in hands of that groups and the state has not taken control over them.
Le agradezco por su comentario. If it makes you feel any better, I think Colombia today appears to be relatively more peaceful and less divided socially than many other countries, including most of Latin America and the USA. It is hopeful to see a society that has hope of coming together, because where I am from there is no hope that we will ever again be united.
Lol, nunca creí q DW marcaria un comentario asi, pero lo hizo
A great documentary that actually taught me so much about the realities of this beautiful country.
As someone from Myanmar, another country with a long dark violent history,
I really hope peace prevails in Colombia.
You can't honestly believe the Colombia government is the Good guy here.
@@Huy-G-Le I don't think she said anything about the government.
Hope does not produce a tangible outcome.
Wherever you go you see the same problem. Different group names, religions, skin color and language. Lot of ppl are not paying attention. Africa and the Middle have exactly the same problem as South America and more.
This is one of the best documentaries..... without bias....i didn't know about Colombia and it's history....it helped me to understand about Colombia....
The Colombian government would never publish a documentary like in my country because is absolutely the true , thanks for your comment
My mother is Colombian and let me tell you she has almost never referenced the fragile "peace" in Colombia and why? Because in Colombia Society is divided into three things: family, wealth and tradition, normally in that order. The reputation the Colombians have for "Evil", is heavily biased. In Colombia I promise you the average person walking down the street, does their utmost to ignore stuff like politics, drugs and people with guns. What most Colombians care about is peace and prosperity which often comes at a cost yes, but ultimately when push comes to shove the average Colombian walking down the street is smart enough to swim with the tide, rather than against it, if you catch my drift. The era of South America being ground zero for the war in drugs is slowly dying. The era of plutocratic oligarchs controlling South America is slowly eroding because the Colombian people are growing self-sufficient enough to no longer depend on them. It will undoubtedly take a long time and the results won't be perfect, but gradually life improves for the average Colombian because of education and open mindedness.
My mother loves her homeland and I love mine although both are on literally opposite sides of the world, but one thing we can all agree on is: if you keep an open mind and an open heart, peace and prosperity will eventually come in the way of your society. Yes greed and prejudice do corrupt, but hope gives us the strength to strive.
If countries would decline USA war on drugs funds the homicide rates would decline drastically, they gave govts license to kill anybody and claim they were drug dealers, the more they kill the more funds they get, Colombia military admitted killing poor peasants, they called them false positives.
You made some good points. Sadly the generations of the colonizing families will not easily relinquish the stolen wealth. This applies to other countries as well. Thank you for being an open minded person.
Three years ago, anyone who asked "Will Colombia be really at peace?" was labeled as a far-right extremist by media, including DW. Now they ask the same question.
This woman is incredibly brave and she has and will be an asset to colombia
PS: I am male...
I came back from Colombia this year. Beautiful country with beautiful people. Would love to visit there again in the future. Love it when DW documentary produces amazing videos like this.
Peace loving innocent people of troubled countries will try to sneak in USA first or Europe at embarrassment of citizens.
It's really amazing that 85percent land is owned by 1percent people. What a inhuman inequality that spark war within.
Gilberto Guerra says the FARC said "se unen o se van" the English dubbing says "you join us or you dissappear" this is not a faithful translation of this second hand relating, a faithful translation would be "you join us or leave"
Both mean the same thing.
@@mariadavis3797 not really, the implied meaning of "or you disappear" is that *we will kill otherwise" the meaning of "o se van" is different, if someone wanted to imply that in Spanish they could say "o te vamos a desaparecer" or some other phrase, the fact that Gilberto doesn't say they were forced out of that particular village leaves quite a lot of doubt as to whether his story is being retold faithfully.
I don't think the FARC were saints but considering that the justifications for taking up arms were glossed over I am somewhat skeptical of this presentation.
Agree, the translation is OK, but doesn't surprise the nuances of the language. Please stop dubbing and subtitle so we can hear the facts and search our own interpretation
@Michael Murphy too mislead and throw our leaders under the bus.
They just want to make it sound worse so they have more people interested like most of the videos we have in the internet. Morbid informative content. In the beginning the narrator said he was 2 years ago in Colombia and noticed a cease of fire. I was like what?? He noticed? I’ve lived in Colombia all my life and it’s been the same before and after the peace treaty for me. I didn’t notice change. Maybe there was a change for those who are deep in the rural areas. But this person who just came two years ago can tell about the real Colombian peace. Please I need more objective informative content.
Colombia has always been a violent country since its creation, it is not easy to change a corrupt and violent culture just by signing a peace agreement, new generations with a different mentality are needed but that is a process that involves decades, Colombia has improved a lot but there are still thousands of problems to solve
Exactly! The successful scammers are the heroes instead of being loathsome criminals. A common saying is, "In Colombia we will steal a hole." E.G. it doesn't have to have value, it's just what they do. They steal manhole covers. You cannot buy car theft insurance because it costs more than losing the car. The owners steal their own cars. Entire departments in banks don't show up for work on Monday and they find out it is because they all got together and started their own organization to rob the bank. It's bars on windows and guards at night while you are sleeping. The military guards common pedestrian paths at night. What do you think that costs? People with farms have them because they have been responsible over generations and without those people they would starve. Subsistence farmers move to the city with no skills and believe that they will easily make money like the people who live there. Their kids often end up on the street. The agreement was defeated because the FARC already was impotent due to the mess the FARC made in cities like Medillin and in the countryside. They were not wanted and the people didn't want to do deals with the devil. Many had lost family members. They wanted the FARC dead. Because some have so much and they have so little, they believe they are entitled to what others have earned. Equality is not a desired outcome. Billionaires gave us computers, the Internet, cell phones, and jobs for those of us who just want to have a decent life without risking it all, all the time, like they do. Because they do and we don't want that life, means we are entitled to one peso of theirs. These are not problems the government or education can fix. You need to change the hearts of the people. Only a society that follows Biblical principles achieves prosperity, whether or not they've ever read the Bible or believe in Jesus. These are principles just as immutable as Bernoulli's principle and gravity.
This sounds really like the political situation and development in many African countries right now. The 'Old Guard' is old and corrupt, backward, stifled and limited in their thinking. Majority of the African continent is youth but this will take decades and decades till the dinosaurs are finally out and new and fresh thinking comes in with the youth..
@@lifestyledesign2208 That 'Old Guard' that is old and corrupt, backward, stifled and limited in their thinking are the ones that built the airlines, airports, roads, buildings, businesses that people use, farms and machinery that fed you, the hospitals and doctors that kept you alive and the communications and digital environment you use. What I want to see is the new guard to leave all of the stuff the corrupt "Old Guard" built, move into an undeveloped jungle and show the "Old Guard" how it's done with their fresh, new ideas.
Venezuela got rid of their old corrupt guard. Robbed people of the land they had slowly acquired through generations of hard work, robbed investors in their country of their investments, and re-distributed their wealth. "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need." Now that they chopped up the geese that were laying the golden eggs, everyone is equal, it's just some are more equal than others.
There are reasons for poverty, and wealth is created, not gathered from a fixed pool or resources. Whatever you subsidize you get more of. Stop subsidizing poverty is a start. The wealthy are happy to teach people how to be wealthy because they know that wealth is created so it is no threat to themselves, it actually helps them because now people have more wealth to buy more from themselves. The only ones talking about redistributing wealth are the ones too incompetent to create it. So the first question to ask a politician is if they have started and run an successful business. If the answer is no, then don't appoint them to run an enterprise the size of a country that determines the success of millions. That's like having a young, grape picker, with fresh ides, do your heart surgery.
Welp that certainly didn't last long.
@@jackt6112 the problem with the wealthy is that they rig the system to keep themselves at the top of the heap. Because if if everyone is wealthy who will work for the other? Capitalism is simply minimise expenses in order to maximize profits and it's keeping the poor ever poor to perpetrate this scheme of thingsy
As a Colombian, I approve this documentary 👍
Do you have IG?
@@noneofyourbusiness1114 yes it's @thefagua
@@Waa_Faa cool I'm going to message you
Hello
I am colombia, i am extremely overwhelmed because this, even considering the peace process was held 6 years ago, nothing has changed in the rural areas, and more in the not not protected areas, where the conflict is still seen.
The only change is seeing how fragile our people could be, that the fake news and fake information could led that the most of our voters voted for a conservative right wing Präsident who did promise in campaign that the peace accord must be destroyed, the special jurisdiction for peace must be eliminated was also one of their promises. Sometimes i cry just watching the sad reality, and the rise of paramilitarims in colombia, around 200 ex-farc members just as well were subjected to the peace accord have been assassinated. Around 350 social leaders, ambientalist leaders, people who are actually risking their lifes to see a Developed and free colombia, they have been killed.
The extrajudicial killings, around 6000 people, the people in the chain of command, our current president Ivan Duque has put them in powerful positions of the military forces, giving them embassies.
I just expect that one day i could see this country free of the ones who make political campaign with the war and the blood of farmers and defenseless people, Alvaro Uribe, who is the former president of Colombia in between 2002-2010, has been and will be remembered as one of the worst presidents in our history, he leaded the terrible war and turned into an economic number, without excluding the amount of innocents, almost 10000, that were killed under his presidency, just to show the country that "we were winning the war", and an incredible amount of people that worked with him have been mentioned of collaboration with the paramilitary so they could make massacres, kill people, and repel people from areas of interest.
This country have seen too many rivers of blood, yes, like the journalist says, the paramilitarism was one of the worst things that ever happened to this nation, it changed the view of the conflict, and turn in into a massacre in collaboration with the armed forces, the congress of the republic, governors, mayors, people who owns an overwhelming amount of land, and multinational companies, the period in between 1975 and 2004 was the worst period of the conflict and the war in Colombia. There was a war, there was a conflict, and it will never be forgotten.
I have just gratitude words for the german government, the one who had made thousand things more for the peace of Colombia, than compared to the government of Ivan Duque/Uribe, and much more than 50 million of colombians. Vielen Dank Deutschland für allen.
Weĺl..it couldnt be that bad with a million and a half Venezuelans coming here..right?
Thank you for giving us a closed up perspective. I pray
that peace and justice finally come to Columbia too.
🙏🏾
Such a wonderful country and the people are very nice...Dios give them Peace
Agreed!
If you are referring to the God the colonizers brought, they are doomed.
Journalist like Jineth are rare, her bravery and integrity is more than what those cowards and despicable humans who harmed her will ever be. I salute you, ma'am. I'll pray for you and your family's good health and for the peace of Colombia.
Colombia: THANK YOU for your prayers!😊🇨🇴
Colombia is beautiful.
Amen!
siempre
It sure is and so are the people!🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴
Love to go there.
Every country devastated by the US was once beautiful
Power to the people of Columbia. You are not forgotten but loved, only hope all the people feel the same.
Your channel has some very good content, but I would rather have the translations subtitled than dubbed so that those of us who understand the language used can tell nuances. The translation is decent, but not great, a lot of human emotion and opinion nuance is lost this way.
But what about those who want to watch it but not constantly look at the screen?
@@kotkotlecik7310 there is a point there and in same time translation does lose some of the information, perhaps a technologic breaktrough lol will allow to switch betwen bouth
@@mariusmgm458 Perhaps, but given that it is for an English-speaking audience, its probably best to leave it this way
Totally agree!
@@kotkotlecik7310 in my country we have always done it and you easily can get used to it. Also for me unimagible to have the most famous movies in the world but then dubbed.
Encanto is what made me interested in Columbian history. I think it's great that our kids are being inspired with real history tucked into there movies.
It's spelled Colombia, just so you know.
Columbia is the movie studio or a clothing brand.
Thank you for this documentary! I'm a foreigner currently living in Colombia and super curious about Colombian history and society
I'm pretty curious about that, how is it going with you there?
Ruuuunn!
You are a gringa is easy see in you money is dangerous for you, care
As a Colombian I can tell you this is closest to the true is really well put together documentary sad but very true what is been happening for many years
The female journalist is a very strong and brave woman!
Sorry, I am male...
Very good .. DW .
Love and respect from India for such a good documentary .
Such a good News media
. Live long DW .
This was very informative. I pray for the struggling and injustice of people and innocent people in Colombia. It's just terrible what they are going through and how the government continues to be their biggest enemy even though they preach the opposite.
Is Colombia really at peace? is quite a remarkable documentary! Thanks a lot for sharing!
It's not.
We tried.
Thanks for checking.
DW documentary is the top documentary producer, I always rank your work as number one of all documentary and your work is the best of all no doubt about it... Thanks a lot DW documentary you are the living legend in producing best... Much love ❤️ to all the stuff..👏👍🏾
Such a sad reality... Colombia, me dueles 😪💔
To live is to suffer
To survive is to find some meaning in the suffering
Buddha bless you...
Bruuuuuuhhhhhhh
@@akheperresetepenamun3494 Freidrich Nietzche
That ist what the bankers and the criminal goverments made whit us 😳
Everything has an arbitrary, monetary value. But, love...love you can not buy.
Nihilism is the byproduct of Capitalism - which mostly everything else branches off of. Until the system is fixed, your life means nothing. As a consequence, this post means nothing and so Facebook/YT - like any other social media platform - only serve to keep the status quo intact, under the guise of bringing forth some type of quid pro quo which mainly/mostly benefits the people. When the fact of the matter is: FB/YT is the USofA, while its users are Puerto Rico;manipulate the perception, and it becomes your reality. While you fall in lockstep with what's expected of you, you'll have some room to question, but no true will nor resources to fight. Thus, you need to come to grips with the fact that it's beyond your reach because for starters, you don't even truly believe what you've been taught to believe, yet you still parrot the company line.🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️ Thereby are not in a position to teach yourself how to properly think;which therefore means that you're only lying to, and deceiving yourself.
If there were ever a time to let the people go, and be true individuals...it's now. But, it has always been now.
the voice is loud and clear... great...
Thanks Dw for take a look over the colombians reality
Adrian Caballero yeah
As a Colombian I have two sayings "10 men can't change Colombia for the better, but 1 can make it burn" and "The day civil war stops in Colombia will either be because there's a dictatorship or there is no longer a Colombia"
Werent the FARC created in response to governmental authoritarianism.
I hope the conflict with the government and its people eventually come to an end. The people deserve to pursue their rights which is why the governments in those places exist, to make that happen. hope the best for these people.
Hope doesn't produce a tangible outcome.
Is very naif your statement, in countries like mine, Colombia, the government or state do not represent the people o civil society and its interest, but it represents or defends the interests of upper elite, neocolonialist capitalist oligarchic socioeconomic classes who own and control the politics, churches, farms, mines, fores, natural, industrial, agricultural, fishing, cultural, thinking, educative, military, police services, organizations, enterprises, activities, is very different the situation, historical situation in countries like Latin-American countries in opposition to countries like yours...
Just starting watching this new ep, but i really like the DW and aljazeera documentary . ☘️☘️
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Pro communist documentary.
sangeet Kayastha YP very good . I am also like to see documentaries from both channels 👌
Michael L pro poor people’s agenda also
Vice is also nice but they don't translate the way they do
1% own 85% of the land. That explains it all.
@@helpingbharat2806 🤣🤣Go on clown
Pretty much yes.
My parents are from Colombia, as an Colombian-American looking from the outside I hope and pray Colombia pulls through all this. I hate it that Colombians are very talented and the country is very rich in resources yet so many live in poverty. Truth is that in Colombia the very rich aren't interested in real economic development. Much has to do with the fact that corruption is so ingrained trying to do anything becomes are ridiculous process, it's like a virus that hasn't gone away. The FARC are very much responsible for the instability because they lost their way and the failure of the state is evident as well. You can't build a strong nation with a weak foundation, the current system needs to be uprooted and rebuilt in my opinion.
At least the war is over. Its better to have poverty and no war then war and poverty.
You need to vote because the US is the backdaddy of latin america. Who ever is in control of the white house, dictates latin america.
buy ev cars....i know its sounds random, but trusts me. Fossil fuel companies have exploited the poor.
@@hellotheir1427 Who are you trying to kid? Without them there would be no economy. Colombians run them. Try to get a job with them without being Colombian. The only thing the non-Colombians do is establish the business using their practices that work everywhere else for them, and any proprietary methods and machinery that makes them successful.
I did lot of research on Colombia’s history and this was the only documentary I found so far. To my Colombian friend pleas do more documentaries on your history.
Depressive situation!! It is hard to accept we have this issues! I specially feel bad for the agriculturist! Their work is so important, n have so little recognition! I didn’t know the paramilitaries were so corruptive! 😡😡😡
respect for the woman 🙏
I'm so angry while watching this documentary these greedy politicians are all demons.feel so bad for those ordinary Citizens of Colombia.
Welcome to Hispanicstan
I'm Colombian and I feel happy with my government. I feel safer in Colombian more than the some develop countries.
🐖💨🐐💨
Rizalde Pe
You should come to Lebanon then, you’ll see the politicians in Colombia as angels.
@@concha1011 Thank you!
The initial premise in the documentary asks whether the Guerilla would follow through with the peace agreements. But the truth today is the current Colombian government is making it impossible to implement that peace deal no matter how committed the FARC really were to begin with.
A peace agreement might have been signed but there is no peace. International organizations guarantors of the process are taking notice.
Are they?
I am very saddened by what’s happening to Colombia. It’s very beautiful country and most people I met were very nice, but I have little hope due to the the deep rooted corruption and sense of privilege amongst ruling families.
One thing should be known and that’s the grass doesn’t grow under the rock. You can suppress people for as long, at the end they will rise up.
Indeed they are rising up I believe thanks for your comment addressing really good points
On the other part of the world in Myanmar, we're still fighting world longest civil war.
By killing the Rohingya?
@@SaifAli-ot4xk And on other side of world Taliban, ISIS, Hamas and Al-Qaeda are busy doing terrorism
The female journalist is a very strong and brave woman! Is Colombia really at peace? is quite a remarkable documentary! Thanks a lot for sharing
The right to bear arms and have a militia is important as when you give up your guns and those you fought but came to agreement with are trusted to enforce the agreement. This happened so many times in history. The Mexican revolution. This is whe US constitution is so important. The founding fathers wanted a way to give the people a check valve on tyranny. Its so sad after all they fought for they were tricked decieved and then killed.
And all of those paramilitary forces as well as the communist rebels used that right to commit thousands upon thousands of of murders massacres and destabilized the country so much more by adding to an already "conventional" war between the federal army and the rebels.
The worst part is many members of the death squads from Colombia live in Miami. And they were given green cards to work.
As a Colombian, it is still mind boggling that neither the media, nor the citizens, as a rule, ever bothered to read the lengthy "peace accord" plus annexes. The vote for "yes" or "no", was not as simple as voting for peace or war, but a vote in the manner in which the responsabilities and commitments for the state (not the government) and the FARC would handle "peace".
In 2020 we are facing the failing of the peace accord, simply because there was and still is missing a real commitment from FARC to cease to continue the illigal drug business, and the government of Juan Manuel Santos and Ivan Duque have failed to come up with a national long term strategy for the country, a plan that needs to be conceived and put into motion by the public and private sectors and, of coruse, with the legitimate involvement of the former FARC.
And the international community should serioulsy consider the legalization of drugs. After all, it is a problem of demand, not of offer.
Thanks for this documentary - we need more like this, thank you.
Conquered by Colombia
Wow! I follow your Instagram and your TH-cam channel, what a great surprise :)
@@byrlink ;-) thank you
You allow comments here but not on “How poor people survive in the USA”
- bias?
I think the same. I'm Colombian and when I watch this documentaries of us, France, germany. They don't let you comment 😱. They didn't mentioned how developed it's Colombia right now. Amazing healthcare, fashion industry, new construction projects, great universities, etc. This DW channel it's bias as you mentioned!
Hi Stephen, we had to close down the comments because there were too many inappropriate ones. Sorry
Hi Me, aren’t you just commenting on the docu about 🇨🇴???
@@DWDocumentary I think Me R and I are basically saying the same thing. By closing comments you bias is showing. Honestly, I don't mind biased opinions but you should own it. The comment section allows viewers to read a dissenting perspective, often from viewers in the area of the documentary.
Well this is about Colombia not about the USA. Isn't it?!
26:25 and no war/conflict is complete without the involvement of the big western corporations.
Land reforms, wealth inequality is a problem in many asian countries as well. I don't understand why countries aren't focussing on skilling their citizens and promote manufacturing sector rather than focusing on agriculture.
Its expensive. Plus, native americans have their land but are poor and underdeveloped.....its better than nothing?
Because feudalism is a great business.
Because a latifundiary oligarchy is one of the biggest obstacles to industralization. No country can focus on a manufacture based economy without solving the land issue first.
Death Before dishonor my friends. Stay strong
"Liber nullo venditur auro"
"Freedom is not for sale"
-Antonio Nariño-(Colombia's Army General and founding father)
If someone is trying to get you to give up your weapons ask why they won't give up theirs.
Suerte Colombia
Colombia is an awesome-looking country!
This is exactly why democracy is not always the best system for a country. First and foremost the people need to be educated and what they're voting on or else they just follow the loudest speaker
Buen documental! Mucho camino falta para lograr una paz equitativa, pero por lo menos está comenzando.
Excellent professional work .Bravo to the journalists ! There is a status all over the world ,few people will dominate many. This is a fact.Thirst for power and money are the main causes of all.Knowledge and education is a shield against exploitation.
People are exploited because as you stated the few dominate the few. There for control the access to information
as long as only the 1percent rules a country civil and social injustice prevails... PEACE will remain a dream.
They never should have surrendered their weapons. Agree on peace - absolutely. But never hand over their weapons.
Absolutely necessary. A past peace agreement already failed because the FARC had no will to surrender. It just escalated the violence.
At leas you can travel into FARC territory now..(acompanied) as a tourist..although you have to pay " vacuna" whereas before you couldnt..ELN territory is a different issue
I'm watching this entire video, but, in the 1st 3 mins... the tone is very depressing... I commute to Bogota/Chapinero from Dallas... and I find it a beautiful and nice place to live... I've had **** Zero **** issues here... will continue to watch...
I agree, practically the whole video shows the country in the most depressed state, with the greyest tones and shows so many images of dilapidated houses that makes it seem that Colombia is the poorest country in the world and not even the sun dares to shine in that waste land.
@@byrlink The point of the documentary is to shed light on this issue, not to give a rounded view of Colombia the country
@@byrlink That's the true Colombia, the nice areas in the big cities are islands of peace in an itherwise depressing reality of the country. I live in one of this islands of peace, Cedritos in Bogotá, but informing myself about the issues of my country keeps my feet grounded on the reality of my country.
I pray for peace for the country of colombia and its peoples.
My true sympathies are with the peasentry/rural population of Colombia.I pray their rights will one day be protected and justice will come to them.I wish Colombia a beautiful country will stand truly beautiful for all it's people equally.
Colombia is a famous country because they prepare delicious bread 😋
Yea not because of cocaine
🤣🤣🤣
Rambo Sayaboulom don’t mess where it’s not your business
Really? One of my family members is Columbian but he never told me about this bread. What's the name of it?
@@frauwolle2417 Visit Villa de Leyva.
When giving the view of Bogota, please don't just show the shabby slums, the fact is major part of the city is beautiful and mordern ......
Colombia is a wonderful country......
Drug and war is an ugly part, but it is just a small part of Colombia.
EXACTLY! Now let's go the the slums of Chicago and say this is what the US is like.
Hell no they're not and doubtful it will ever happen. Sad to say. Some of the nicest people on the planet. A beautiful country full of resources and I love it here.
30:33 I don't think it was 30% maybe 3%, where that number came from?
Their spirit is crushed! Never give up! Fight! Peace & freedom is paid in blood!
Reading these comments literally trouble me. How the hell are we okay with this?!!!! This needs to change!! There needs to be genuine social justice for these people, not one more person’s life should be taken just for standing up for themselves and their rights, how can we be okay with this? I’m in absolute shock.
Most Colombians and Venezuelans I know will take Colombia over Venezuela any day now a days..
Well.
There is always financial help embargo for rougue regimes.
31:16 he is to protect people ? or intimate them ?
Giving up arms and then asks ruling class for mercy, cause that always works.
shut up
The road will be longer if AUV is still commanding the country
Very informative.
Amazing videos and fact , Specially America's Poor video is eye opener !!
Thank you
As a Colombian, I enjoy this documentary, as it shows the voices of people who traditionally have not been heard publicly. However, it shows a clear bias. For instance, it does not mention that Gustavo Petro was part of the M-19 urban guerilla, involved in several kidnappings and massacres. It's also highly uninformed, highlighting the redistribution of land as the solution to current inequality, when less than 10% of our GDP comes from agriculture (60 years ago it used to be over 40%). Understandable, as telling the informed truth would not be as attractive and interesting for mainstream viewers as telling a romanticised, anti-establishment and dystopian version in the form of a made up tale of state oppression.
Epic commentary .👌 Is he the very one in Frontline pbs...
Why some of your videos comments are off?
We rarely disable comments. We only do so when the majority of comments don't allow for a civilized discussion.
@@DWDocumentary i got it thank you
thanks for showing the reality of my country
Well, if this war was needed to keep Colombia from becoming another Venezuela, it was definitely worth it.
How dare you! Did you even listen to this documentary? All of this Is about protecting farmer's rights and lives! The end doesn't justify the Means"!!
I lived in Colombia in 2014, 15, 16, and part of 2019 when a lot of this was taking place. This is what I wrote as it was going on: Regardless of the ¨peace process¨ in Colombia FARC is STILL making threats on communities and kidnapping people. You can not negotiate with these animals. A lot of people abroad are wondering about this peace process in Colombia. I am neural but there are a lot of unanswered questions for me. Sure, peace is good but the agreement is very incomplete. Colombia can do better. For one, FARC is NOT the only guerrilla group in Colombia (ELN is another prominent one) but the peace process only includes FARC and ONLY 70% of FARC as some members have refused to sign. FARC members who signed will turn in their guns but there is no way to see if they have turned in all their guns. I also have a feeling many people who vote YES for the peace deal will regret it when taxes increase (post-war taxes) and ex FARC members are NOT the ones who will pay those taxes, FYI. Also pension will be affected. And of course peace is great but when it involves re-integrating killers, kidnappers, etc. back into society with 2 million pesos/month (and they do not have to do anything for that money) in apartments that may be right next to yours, it is not so rosy. I can not imagine many people wanting to live near ex-murderer, ex-kidnappers, and ex-thieves, etc. These people should be in jail, not given a free ride back into society based off of a peace deal that is grossly incomplete. I am not against peace, but when the word is used to misdirect people, it is so dishonest. Not to mention the agreement was signed a few weeks before citizens voted. And why, just before the vote when I was walking in the square of Caijica, were there people in Caijica bribing citizens of the town that "voting yes could win you a trip to Cartagena"? This whole process is not nearly as cut and dry and the fact that there are agents out there bribing citizens for a "yes" proves that. If this was so clear cut black and white you would not need bribery...
inaccurate englicized paraphrasing. these words are so much more powerful the way the people actually say it.
reportaje excelente.
Rape and murder are the same thing. Rape victims have to live with their deadly wounds the rest of their lives even if justice is found, it is so rarely found
Mientras tanto Samiento Angulo:
"Sigan viendo mis Narconovelas de paracol, pagando deudas en mis bancos y matandose entre uds mis hijitos jijijiji"
I am here after encanto trying to know more about the country
i think that the war in colombia is not only for social inequality, also because the wair is business and the politics they know.
I did not know that they were having any problems there.
....you didnt think the cocaine capital of the world had problems?
@@Sum_Ting_Wong its not really about cocaine though... its about leftiest groups wanting to force their way of life and mentality on the rest of Colombia... Look into Bolivia and you'd find out that Colombia could just legalize cocaine and it wouldnt affect Colombia negatively at all.
@@KaDavyd13 ....FARC and other such groups have been funding themselves through cocaine for decades....the goverenments in these places are utterl inept
@@KaDavyd13 no just leftiest groups, right groups devastated this country too (paramilitars, militars, and goverments). What do You think that You know about the south american problems? We agree that you and other people learn about our problems, because is necessary, we need a new future. But You think that just one part have the fault? That doesnt have context at all, because the way that you think, is the way of our aggressors, our parents, the politicians, and we don't want to continue like this, making the same fucking mistake.
Sum Ting Wong you are right, if these governments cared for its people they legalize it and let the ones buying it deal with the consequences of addiction instead of making the Colombian people deal with the problems of illegalizing a product
✨🇺🇸 Excellent Documentary 👍
34:20 That’s the day I was born. 😳
DW thank you for showing the reality of Colombia and the far right oligarchy that has ruled the country for so long against the Colombian people
As a Colombian I will say thank God. Is not run for far left!
😂 if it was far right that ruled the people why would 56% vote for Duque? You know nothing, stfu
People just believed his lies about no fracking, less taxes for the poor and new job oportunities. Now when he shows his true neo liberal face, some of his voters regret their decision, and that's growing!
As a Colombian I have to say that the country has never been governed by the left, all the atrocities and violence has happened under right wing presidents. And this is not about left and right, it's about the people of our country fighting for their rights in the streets!
@Brian Dumas what the heck are you talking about???
"The guerrillas have as their main objective to obtain power, it is very unlikely that they will give up their weapons, and the president, who is a former guerrilla fighter, will not take measures against them; on the contrary, he needs the guerrillas and the division of the country so that, in the midst of chaos, they can help him perpetuate his power."
Sadly,the quest for human rights is almost inevitably quashed before the journey begins,due to the quest for power.
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Very corrupt politicians.
it is so sad to see how the government just ignored them
Is ironic to think that the new president Petro a former guerrilla member is doing a lot more for the peace process in my country that any other president giving land for the poor people to give up their weapons and have a place to live and work having agriculture crops I really hope he continues and be able to still helping them reintegrate to society that’s the only way to do it in my eyes in a highly unequal country where people are starving for opportunities to have a better life what a great documentary 👍👍👍
Couldn't make it past minute 15. Not a single interview with anyone opposing the peace treaty?. Why not?. Are you afraid they may explain why forgiving criminals and giving them political and economical benefits while keeping the cocaine infrastructure could go wrong?
Exactly! Colombians already paid with their blood and treasure to defeat the FARC. Now the people are not willing to support a deal that legitimizes and rewards these butchers. This is not Colombians first rodeo. They lived through how well appeasement has worked in the past.
Forgiving criminals?
Lol....
You are an absolute ass hat!
It irritates me that the comments are disabled for the video she did on the USA and poverty. She talked about everybody's money situation in euros... why??? in case you didn't know we use dollars in the United States, so if you're going to do a documentary use proper information
Hi Jen, it’s a French production and the Frenxh pay with...proper European money. Thanks for carefully watching
As a German I liked they said it in Euro, otherwise I would have no idea how much it is. Guess the documentation is for an European audience.
Well, this documentary is lack of show the crimes commited by the guerrilla, at the end it feels like the Colombian State and the military are the bad of the movie!, SO WRONG! Also..why is at the end of the video important for the producers show the lgbt flag intead of the Colombian flag?
As long as the powerful elite keep the status quo going in Latin America , the immigration of their respective population towards a better future in the United States will never ever stop .
As a Colombia I was one of the ones that did not believe that the agreement could do anything but get the war worst, few years later, eventhought that if the agreement was implemented against the mayorities It happened exacly what we thought was going to happen. Let me walk you throught, nowadays after this happened, it was created a separate justice for them, to do what?... everybody that undergoes thorught that "system of Justice" is indulted without taking any responsabilities of what they did. Do you even call justice to that?.. whatever lets say that we "have" to accept that. Imagine now that those high ranked narcos are now ruling the country and have a political party... let me tell if you belive all this scumbags created suppoudsely this to end up having more power not only in the jungles but in the congress I believe you are right.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
A few years ago a friend of mine, a Columbian investigative journalist, asked me if I would be interested in making a documentary about FARC. My reply, although polite, was short and straight to the point: he knew a lot of the 'rebels' from growing up in Columbia and even he said they were in it for money and nothing more.
37:50 What has Syria got to do with this?
Colombia has done way better than they have since I last visited there in 1997. However, Colombia still has a long way to go before there is ever going to be a total peace. The CIA does not want Colombia to be at total peace because they make money from causing trouble in Colombia and other parts of the world.