Colombia’s opposition admits to purposely distorting reality to sink peace process

[Judi Lynn]

1. Please do read this, in case you don't have time for the whole article:

“In the middle and upper classes we centered around the ‘no impunity’ and the tax reform, while in the lower class radio stations we focused on the subsidies” for demobilizing guerrillas.”

“In term of the regional segments we used their respective accents. On the coast we narrowed down the message to that were going to convert in Venezuela,” Velez said.

Additionally, the campaign got the support of Colombia’s Evangelical community after claiming the peace deal’s gender-specific party, mainly aimed at victims of sexual violence, was in fact an attempt to attack traditional family values and promote homosexuality.

Uribe, whose last campaign manager fled the country after being caught spreading classified information for his party’s political benefit, immediately scolded Velez for revealing the level of dishonesty of the winning “No” campaign.

Monstrous. These right-wing ####s are really proud of what they've done.