
InthesouthofBogota,inLaPicotahighsecurityprison,JaisonMurillo,commanderandspokespersonoftheFARC,marriedLauraKatalina,transgenderwoman,ex-prostitute,sentencedtolifeimprisonment.Consideringthisopenrelationshipwithatranswomanasaninsulttorevolutionaryethics,Jaison’sfellowdetaineessendtheirclosingletterstotheFARCGeneralSecretariat,demandthatJaisonbeexcludedfromtheorganization.TheGeneralSecretariatundertakestoofficiallydefendthe«heretical»couple,andapedagogicalworkisundertakenwiththebaseoftheguerilleradaexplainingthattheFARCwillsoonlaydowntheirarmstobecomeademocraticparty,thatthefuturepoliticalbattlewillconsistinaddressingurbanaswellasruralissues,thattheclassstrugglemustthereforebebroadenedtoincludethatofdiscriminatedminoritiesandmilitatefortherecognitionofsexualdiversity.Thatitisnowtimetomaketherevolutionintherevolution.