Leonel finally advocates of armed conflict

Dominican President Leonel Fernandez, upon arrival yesterday in Bogota, called for the completion of the armed conflict afflicting Colombia for nearly half century.

During the decoration with the "order of the founder to the politician for his work as leader and prominent Latin American leader merit" by the private University of Rosario, Fernandez lamented the death and displacement of Colombian armed conflict million.

The Dominican representative considered that Colombia is the only country in Latin America where there are still pockets of "political violence", as the guerrilla movement Communist of the revolutionary armed forces of Colombia (FARC), the oldest in Latin America, with 47 years of fighting armed against the State.

In addition to the FARC operates guerrilla Communist army of national liberation (ELN) and more than a dozen of criminal gangs, led mostly by exparamilitares demobilized and u000aallies in the drug trade.

Fernandez stressed that the "only way to access to power are the polls" and it made votes for Colombia may soon overcome this phase of "political violence".

Looking for power through democratic means is "the first step to advance economic development, modernity, equality and the well-being of our peoples", said.

Fernandez will meet today with the colombinao representative Juan Manuel Santos and will participate in several conferences until Friday, on a tour of ten days that includes Venezuela and Mexico, where plans to also meet with the Presidents of those Nations, Hugo Chávez and Felipe Calderón.

Also, the Dominican representative visit Tuesday Congress, the courts and the Mayor of Bogotá, in addition to participating in a Árabe-Latinoamericano international forum in the resort Colombian from Cartagena (North) 1 and 2 December.

The President came to Colombia to the u000a4: 05 p.m. Dominican hour, by the Catam military airport, where he was received by Colombian officials and the Dominican Embassy in this South American nation. Fernandez last night gave a lecture at the club Gun of Bogotá.

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