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Peace be with you, Colombia

President Juan Manuel Santos this week signed a peace agreement with FARC guerrilla leader Rodrigo Londoño Echeverry in Cartagena to bring an end to over 50 years of civil conflict. The ceremony was witnessed by 2,500 people including 17 presidents from other countries in the region and United Nations General Sectratary Ban Ki-Moon.

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, may need a new flag after it officially agreed to end the violence

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, may need a new flag after it officially agreed to end the violence

In proceedings full of gestures, the two leaders signed the peace agreement using a pen fashioned from a bullet, Santos never used Londoño’s guerrilla alias Timochenko and he gifted Londoño a white dove...

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