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Martedì, 11 Ottobre 2016 22:25

Colombian government and ELN rebels to begin formal talks to revive FARC peace deal

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The Colombian government is to start formal peace talks with the ELN – or National Liberation Army – the country’s second largest rebel group.

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Lunedì, 10 Ottobre 2016 20:21

Colombia's President to donate his Nobel Prize money to FARC victims

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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is to donate his Nobel Peace Prize money to the victims of his country’s war with FARC rebels.

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Venerdì, 07 Ottobre 2016 19:28

Juan Manuel Santos dedicates Nobel Peace Prize to Colombians, past and present

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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has dedicated his 2016 Nobel Peace Prize to the victims of, and those who have lived through, the 52-year conflict with FARC rebels.

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Giovedì, 06 Ottobre 2016 22:51

Colombian president meets rival to discuss FARC deal

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The Colombian President and his opposition rival have held talks in a bid to resolve their differences over a peace deal with the country’s Marxist FARC rebels.

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Mercoledì, 05 Ottobre 2016 23:53

Colombia peace deal: ceasefire with FARC will end this month, President Santos says

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Bogotà (Colombia) - In Colombia, the ceasefire with FARC rebels has been extended until the end of this month, President Juan Manuel Santos has said. The move follows Sunday’s referendum result, which saw the country narrowly reject a peace agreement…

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Martedì, 04 Ottobre 2016 19:17

Colombia and FARC rebels scramble to revive their peace deal

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Colombia's former President Alvaro Uribe during a press conference

Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos has announced there is to be a new round of talks with FARC rebels as all sides scramble to salvage the peace deal rejected by voters on Sunday.

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Lunedì, 03 Ottobre 2016 22:30

Work to restart on Colombia's landmark FARC deal

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Work will begin in earnest on Monday to revive a peace plan to end the 52-year conflict between the Colombian government and the country’s Marxist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (“FARC”) guerrillas.

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Domenica, 02 Ottobre 2016 14:35

Yes and No in Colombia: behind the divisions ahead of the vote to ratify the historic peace deal

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Colombians are going to the polls on Sunday to decide whether to ratify a peace deal that would bring an end to Latin America’s longest running armed conflict.

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Sabato, 01 Ottobre 2016 14:58

Rebels seek forgiveness before referendum on peace deal

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Bogotà (Colombia) - In the week before Colombia holds a referendum on whether to accept a peace deal to end over fifty years of civil war, commanders of the main rebel group, the FARC, have been asking their victims to…

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