Book Fair Talks: Total Peace, ELN and ex-FARC forgiveness, Colombia+20 issues at FILBo

The final stretch begins Bogotá International Book Fair (Filbo)whose 36th version began on April 17 and will run until May 2.

This year, the Colombia+20 journalistic team joins Filbo with three unmissable talks, which, led by experts, victims and peace signatories, will explore key topics to understand peacebuilding efforts in Colombia and the experiences to achieve the reconciliation.

All conversations will take place in the El Espectador stand (1224 in pavilion 16 of Corferias).

We start this Sunday, April 28, with a talk about the challenges and alternatives of betting total peace of the Government of Gustavo Petrowhich after more than 20 months has failed to take off and has faced a series of crises that leave little room to advance concrete results.

Then, on Tuesday, April 30, a former commander of the former FARC guerrilla (currently a senator of the Republic) will meet with a victim and an expert on reconciliation issues to talk about the forgiveness process, the importance of recognizing the pain caused and the ways to process the traumas left by the war.

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Finally, on Thursday, May 2, we will have a discussion about the future of the peace process with the ELN guerrilla. There, a member of the Government delegation at the dialogue table, a former negotiator from the administration of Juan Manuel Santos and an expert will talk about the perspectives of this negotiation, the most advanced towards total peace and, in turn, one of the most difficult to specify.

This is the schedule of the Colombia+20 talks at Filbo

Sunday, April 28, at 12:30 pm

Chat: The labyrinth of total peace: Where is Petro’s bet going to reach agreements with illegal groups?

Panelists: Laura Bonilla, deputy director of the Peace and Reconciliation Foundation (Pares) and Jorge Mantilla, professor and researcher on issues of violence and organized crime

Moderate: Julián Ríos Monroy, deputy editor of Colombia+20

Tuesday, April 30, at 2:00 pm

Chat: How do you move towards forgiveness? The meeting of a former guerrilla and a victim

Panelists: Sandra Ramírez, senator and signatory of the Peace Agreement with the FARC; Doralina Palacio, woman victim of sexual violence and displacement; Wilson López, reconciliation expert and professor at the Javeriana University.

Moderator: Paulina Mesa Loaiza, journalist from Colombia+20

Thursday, May 2, time to be confirmed

Chat: Peace dialogues with the ELN: will an Agreement be signed during the Petro Government?

Panelists: José Félix Lafaurie, current Government negotiator at the negotiating table; Juan Camilo Restrepo, former chief negotiator during the administration of Juan Manuel Santos.

Moderator: Cindy Morales, editor of Colombia+20