Colombian President leads delivery of hectares of land to peasant families

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Colombian President, Gustavo Petro, led the delivery of 8,430 hectares of land to peasant families victims of violence in the department of Córdoba, initiating the largest land adjudication program in the country. teleSUR

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00:00The President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, led a start of the largest ever land handover

00:05to farmers communities and victims of violence in the country.

00:10In Montería, the capital of Córdoba department, the executive delivered 8,000 hectares victims

00:16of paramilitary violence.

00:18On the ceremony, the head of state stressed the importance of democratizing lands as it

00:25is part of the administration's efforts to restore peace and justice nationwide.

00:30The director of the Union for Victims explains the significance of this process initiative

00:35by the progressive government.

00:39This is a historical day since it shows a different country.

00:45We have a government that has had to fight for decades to get here.

00:50In addition, there are some victims who became social leaders, women and men, who not only

00:58changed the face of the territory, but also a former paramilitary leader is now a manager

01:05of peace.

01:06And he has made a commitment in the victims unit that the assets that do not appear in

01:12the fund, he himself will be in charge of the assets delivered by paramilitaries reaching

01:20the front for reasons of justice.

01:26The former paramilitary chief Salvatore Mancuso joined the peace process by referring the

01:33request for forgiveness to the victims.

01:37I am committed to redeeming all the damage and pain that I caused you.

01:48We, Mr. President, restructured the Colombian countryside by means of different strategies,

01:53including a policy of land accumulation that became a de facto agrarian counter-reform,

01:58which is exactly what your government is doing today, delivering these lands to the farmers

02:02and the victims in Colombia.

02:04Thus, the countryside and rural communities are being dignified with these deliveries,

02:08as they have suffered the aftermath so.

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