Colombian beauty queen Paulina Vega may soon have a new role: Peace negotiator. Miss universe got an invitation on Saturday from Clombia's leftist FARC rebels to attend their peace talks with the goverment.
Rebel's took her up on an offer she is made in the past that she is willing to attend negotiation in Cuba.
Vega, 22, she is a business administrator major at a Bogota University, she was crowned Miss Universe in Miami last month. Though the native of Barranquilla has not responded to the offer, the rebels emphasized that her input is important.
The talks are crucial to helping end 50 years of fighting between FARC and the government. Neotiations between two sides have stalled several times over the year, and the group has been accused of bombing, murder, extortion and kidnapping.
FARC was started as an insurgency in 1964 and continues to champion leftist causes. But with Colombia being one of the world's top COCAINE producers, the rebels have added drug trafficking to their list of atrocities.
The group is estimated to make $ 500 million from the illicit trade per year, according to the concil or Foreign Relations.
The United States and the European Union consider FARC, is a terrorist organization.
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