I agree, as a Colombian I think the most important part about the peace agreement is that it will delegitimize the position for using weapons in politics, which has become a long tradition in our country. It is also a huge step for a country that has solved it's political differences historically by killing the other party, that we have now had the capability of negotiating for 5 years under a truce, and that the right wing government is willing to accept political participation from the guerilla, and to entertain ultra leftist policies under a new bipartisan congress, and that it is recognizing that there is a huge social gap and inequality which led to the formation of the guerrilla in the first place, which should be fixed.
Unfortunately violence probably will not end instantly, since the drug trade will continue to be a big business, and that a part of the trained militias will not be able to readjust to normal civilian life once the peace is signed. But at least criminals and narcos will not be shielded under a political left wing speech and be united under a flag, which will eventually lead to violence ending.
I am completely confident that the Colombians will vote Yes for the peace process, and that the implementation will be successful. Some very big war criminals will probably walk away scot-free, but the huge overall benefit for the entire country will far outweigh the short term injustice.
Expect a lot of big startups coming out of Colombia and some very interesting investment possibilities, since the peace agrement shows confidence in the Colombian institutions and constitution, which will lead to a booming middle class in a 50 million person country which has a lot of space to grow in since it has been historically been overlooked because of the security issues.
We're already becoming LatAm's most important tech hub. Rappi (YC W16) became the first Andreessen Horowitz investment in LatAm. Authy (YC S12) was acquired by Twilio (first time a big Silicon Valley company acquires a colombian one). .CO was acquired by Neustar. There are other startups doing really well such as Platzi (YC W15) and Torre (formerly Bunny Inc).
Unfortunately violence probably will not end instantly, since the drug trade will continue to be a big business, and that a part of the trained militias will not be able to readjust to normal civilian life once the peace is signed. But at least criminals and narcos will not be shielded under a political left wing speech and be united under a flag, which will eventually lead to violence ending.
I am completely confident that the Colombians will vote Yes for the peace process, and that the implementation will be successful. Some very big war criminals will probably walk away scot-free, but the huge overall benefit for the entire country will far outweigh the short term injustice.
Expect a lot of big startups coming out of Colombia and some very interesting investment possibilities, since the peace agrement shows confidence in the Colombian institutions and constitution, which will lead to a booming middle class in a 50 million person country which has a lot of space to grow in since it has been historically been overlooked because of the security issues.