Is Sure-shot, Sure-shot?
Colombian guerrillas are a funny lot. For one thing they're never happy with their own names. Recently a female Rambo within FARC gave herself up. She's forty plus looks like a lightly coloured gollywog and is known as Carina. But her real name is Nelly. I suppose a hit-squad led by Nelly doesn't have too much street credibility.
The big event of the week, and probably of the year, was the death of the 78 year old founder and leader of FARC. During 40 years he developed it into the world's most powerful guerrilla army, and become known as "Sure-shot". Actually his parents had named him Peter Anthony. He has now been replaced by a certain, Mono Jojoy, who is really, Victor.
FARC numbers have almost halved in recent years through demobilization, desertions and defeat. It reminds you of the unreal world the guerrillas live in. They strive for an unsustainable kingdom. The awful thing is that so many other lives are sacrificed for it. Each afternoon on the radio greetings are sent to a different set of people: they're working through the list of the 700 still held kidnap.
Photo: Colombian soldiers aren't always fighting FARC
The big event of the week, and probably of the year, was the death of the 78 year old founder and leader of FARC. During 40 years he developed it into the world's most powerful guerrilla army, and become known as "Sure-shot". Actually his parents had named him Peter Anthony. He has now been replaced by a certain, Mono Jojoy, who is really, Victor.
FARC numbers have almost halved in recent years through demobilization, desertions and defeat. It reminds you of the unreal world the guerrillas live in. They strive for an unsustainable kingdom. The awful thing is that so many other lives are sacrificed for it. Each afternoon on the radio greetings are sent to a different set of people: they're working through the list of the 700 still held kidnap.
Photo: Colombian soldiers aren't always fighting FARC
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