Colombia's
FARC rebels have invited newly crowned Miss Universe Paulina Vega to attend
their peace negotiations. The beauty queen hasn’t responded as yet.
Deutsche Welle, 7 Feb 2015
Miss
Universe Paulina Vega was invited by rebels of Colombia's Marxist FARC
movement, who believed her presence was of utmost importance in negotiating
peace with their government in Havana, Cuba's capital.
"We
welcome your willingness to travel to Havana and we invite you to materialize
your visit to update you about the development of the peace talks, the progress
and the enormous contributions that you and the majorities who desire peace can
make," the organization's peace delegation wrote on its website.
An inane answer about peace lead FARC to use soft power strategy: engage Miss Universe to beauty-up peace talks image http://t.co/8RmVfdMoJL
— RicardoDuarteDuarte (@DuarteDuarte) February 7, 2015
It is
however unclear how the beauty queen, also a Colombian national, could help
establish peace between the guerilla and the government in Bogota, who have
been involved in an armed struggle since the 1960s.
Perhaps they want to add a bit of glamour? FARC rebels invite Miss Universe to attend peace talks: http://t.co/2E9e747lLU
— Julia Symmes Cobb (@JSymmesCobb) February 7, 2015
The beauty
queen had still not responded to the rebels' invitation.
The
22-year-old Vega is a business student and model from Colombia's Baranquilla.
She was named Miss Universe this January and had expressed her willingness to
travel to peace talks in Havana in several interviews.
Representatives
of the guerillas and the Colombian government have been speaking in Cuba's
capital Havana and have agreed on land reforms, an end to illegal drug trade
and political participation for former guerillas until now.
mg/rc (Reuters, AFP)
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President
Juan Manuel Santos said Colombia was now
"closer than ever to secure
peace"
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