FARC peace process: As end to conflict approaches, FARC opens its conference to the world

Public talks will focus on women and the environment, and the conference will end with a concert.
For the first time in 50 years of conflict and after nine conferences, the insurgent group is opening up its congress to the world.
Every few kilometers, Rufino, a taxi driver who works in the Caquetá region, in southeast Colombia, remembers another incident from those war-torn days.
In preparation for the meeting, and with the permission of the Colombian government, FARC members set up campsites, makeshift kitchens, offices and tents to host rebel soldiers and visitors.
And there will be no commemoration for the sixth and seventh conferences, during which the group decided to use kidnappings to finance the movement.

Fuente: http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/09/19/inenglish/1474288788_606907.html