For 14 years, Isabela Sanroque worked to bring down the Colombian political establishment using guerrilla tactics and jungle warfare.
These days, having swapped her fatigues for a denim jacket, the 33-year-old former rebel commander is fighting to be accepted into the corridors of power. Only the “vote Farc” badge in her lapel outwardly betrays signs of her past.
Ms Sanroque is one of 74 former Farc rebels who have hit the campaign trail in recent months to run in Sunday’s congressional elections.
Although the peace deal grants the group – now known as the Alternative Revolutionary Force for the Common People – an automatic ten seats in congress, Sunday’s elections mark the party’s first test…
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