Interview With Carlos Velandia

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Years later, my Spanish teacher look for me and asked if l could interview an ex-guerrilla member of the ELN (Carlos Velandia). In those times Colombia society has already voted in the plebiscite and the result was the no to the agreement made between the FARC´s leaders and the Colombia’s government. I did not think it twice and prepare my interview.
Although I just prepared the interview of Carlos Velandia, I had to prepare that same day a fast interview to a victim (Martha) of the war because a friend of the committee that would interview her, got sick. So I ask my Spanish teacher to make me know her, so I could know who I was going to interview and suddenly I saw this picture of Carlos and Martha laughing and talking like they were close

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