FARC Dissident Group’s Massive Arms Surrender: A Test of Colombia’s Fragile Peace Process

In a development that seemingly inches Colombia closer to peace, the Coordinadora Nacional Ejército Bolivariano (CNEB), a splinter from the notorious FARC guerrilla group, has agreed to hand over 13 tons of weaponry to Colombian authorities for destruction. This move, announced by official sources in Bogotá, is being framed as a step toward reducing armed conflict in the southern departments of Nariño and Putumayo. Yet beneath this hopeful headline lies a deeper question: Can such gestures truly dismantle decades of violence rooted in leftist insurgency linked to globalist agendas? The CNEB itself emerged from disaffected factions like Segunda Marquetalia —...