I believe we got a little rain overnight.
Last night it was announced that the FARC (Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia) and the Colombian government, after 4 years of negotiations
in Cuba,
have agreed to an end to their 52-year-old war where 5 million people have been
displaced, 25,000 have “disappeared” and 150,000 civilians are confirmed dead. This fall the Colombian people will vote “yes”
or “no” as to whether to accept the deal.
Teresa finally noticed a crane and informed me that it’s
working on the new mall and I told her there are 3 others like that. She told me that the cranes are from the US because Colombia doesn’t make them.
I left the apt at 12:30 and met a gringo named Ben at Carbón de Leña. He is a 74 year old man just arrived last
week from Texas. Even though he had visited here 40 years ago,
he had a lot of questions about life in Medellin. We adjourned to a nearby bakery to continue
our discussion. Afterwards I showed him
the apt and he had a very nice talk with Teresa and Laura in Spanish.
We finished watching Starred
Up and then watched Trust (7.0).
T-shirt of the day: Space invaders.
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