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Duolingo Spanish Podcast

Los guerrilleros

Duolingo Spanish Podcast

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Education

4.514.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2018

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

María Clara Calle grew up hearing about the atrocities committed by the FARC rebels in Colombia. She never imagined that one day she would not only meet them, but eat and sleep among them, deep in their territory, as they thought about their role in the future of peace in their country.

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0:00.0

Imagine living in fear of being kidnapped,

0:03.0

extorted for money, or simply made to disappear.

0:08.3

This was the case for Colombians,

0:10.3

in what was known as Latin America's longest civil war.

0:13.9

For over 50 years, the Colombian government

0:16.8

fought the revolutionary armed forces of Colombia,

0:20.0

or the FARC, a guerrilla army that survived mostly

0:23.7

in the southern jungles of the country.

0:30.2

In television.

0:38.3

That's Maria Clara Calle.

0:40.5

She first heard about the FARC rebels

0:42.4

when she was a little girl during family discussions

0:45.1

at the dinner table.

0:46.6

Maria grew up to become a journalist

0:48.7

and wrote dozens of articles about the FARC

0:51.1

over the course of three years.

0:53.2

But in all that time, she had never seen a guerrero,

0:56.8

a guerrilla fighter in person.

0:59.4

Never.

1:00.6

But one day,

1:02.3

between the FARC territory,

1:05.5

and not only did she interview them,

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