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Timoleon Jimenez, the leader of Colombian rebel group FARC, announced a ceasefire in Havana on Sunday after reaching an agreement with the Colombian government, ending one of the longest running and deadliest wars in the world, which has already left over 300,000 people dead.
Colombian president Gustavo Petro attends the third round of peace talks in Havana to announce a six-month ceasefire pact with the ELN guerrilla in pursuit of ending decades of conflict in the South American country. IMAGES
Colombia's government and a delegation from the National Liberation Army (ELN) leftist guerrillas meet in the Venezuelan capital Caracas as they announce they will next month restart peace talks suspended since 2019. IMAGES
Bogata, Nov 3 (EFE).- Former FARC guerrillas held a cultural day and business fair Tuesday in Bogota’s Plaza de Bolivar, expressing their rejection of violence that has claimed the lives of 236 of them since the peace agreement was signed in November 2016.Ex-guerrillas gathered in the eve at the square dressed in white and with flags with the inscription "For life, for peace," as well as with posters with which they remembered those who have died and asked for guarantees for their reinstatement.On a platform located a few meters from the entrance of the country’s Capitol, members of the Common Revolutionary Alternative Force (FARC) hung another sign in which they told Colombian President Ivan Duque "We did not sign the peace to be assassinated." (Camera: JUAN DIEGO LOPEZ). SHOT LIST: A CULTURAL DAY AND BUSINESS FAIR IN PLAZA DE BOLIVAR, BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.
Juba, Oct 3 (EFE) .- The Government of Khartoum and the main armed groups of the country, integrated in the Revolutionary Front of Sudan, signed Saturday a definitive peace agreement in Juba, opening the door to the resolution of conflicts that have been entrenched for decades in various regions of the African country.SHOT LIST: SIGNING OF PEACE AGREEMENT IN JUBA, SUDAN.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).