Colombia peace accord challenges: Sunday's referendum and 7.000 combatants laying down their weapons

Tuesday, September 27th 2016 - 06:48 UTC

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As thousands of Colombians offered both hope and skepticism, the government of Colombia and FARC Marxist rebels who fought a bitter civil war for more than half a century signed a historic peace accord on Monday, closing the Western Hemisphere's longest armed conflict. The deal will have a first test next Sunday when the Colombian people will vote on a referendum. Read full article

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golfcronie
“ issuing land titles to peasants”, that should work well until the drug cartels buy or rob them of their titles.Still it is good for the Colombians in the short term.
Sep 27th, 2016 - 08:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Enrique Massot
Finally, a long overdue chance of peace for Colombia.
Sep 27th, 2016 - 12:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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