Colombia, FARC to sign peace in sober ceremony amid opposition

EghtesadOnline: Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos and Marxist FARC rebel leader Rodrigo Londono will sign a new, revised peace accord on Thursday in a much more sober ceremony than the first deal which was rejected last month by millions at a plebiscite.

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Publish Date:24/November/2016 | 16:29

Colombia government, rebels in crisis talks after 'no' to peace deal

EghtesadOnline: Colombia's government and Marxist guerrillas went back to the drawing board on Tuesday after a peace deal they painstakingly negotiated over four years was rejected in a shock referendum result.

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Publish Date:05/October/2016 | 08:16

Colombia, Marxist rebels sign accord ending 52-year war

EghtesadOnline: Colombia's center-right government and the Marxist FARC rebel group signed a peace deal on Monday to end a half-century war that killed a quarter of a million people and once took the Andean country to the brink of collapse.

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Publish Date:27/September/2016 | 04:38

Colombia's FARC rebels ratify peace accord to end 52-year war

EghtesadOnline: Colombia's FARC rebel group voted unanimously to approve a peace deal with the government on Friday, declaring an end to the five-decade war as it prepares to transition into a new political party.

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Publish Date:24/September/2016 | 24:25

Colombia's FARC rebels to hold final conference, peace vote September 13-19

EghtesadOnline: Colombia's main rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces, said in a statement on Saturday they will hold their final conference on Sept. 13-19 to ratify a peace accord with the government.

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Publish Date:28/August/2016 | 07:03

Colombia, FARC rebels reach deal to end half-century of bloodshed

EghtesadOnline: Colombia's government and Marxist FARC rebels reached a final peace deal on Wednesday to end a five-decade war which once took the resource-rich country to the brink of collapse.

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Publish Date:25/August/2016 | 10:23

Colombia, rebels agree revised peace deal to end 52-year war

EghtesadOnline: Colombia's government and the Marxist FARC rebels said on Saturday they agreed on a revised peace deal to end a 52-year war, six weeks after the original was narrowly rejected in a referendum amid objections it was too favorable to the rebels.

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Publish Date:13/November/2016 | 04:47

Colombians reject deal to end 52-year FARC rebel war

EghtesadOnline: Colombians narrowly rejected a peace deal with Marxist guerrillas in a referendum on Sunday, plunging the nation into uncertainty and dashing President Juan Manuel Santos' painstakingly negotiated plan to end the 52-year war.

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Publish Date:03/October/2016 | 05:00