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Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos and Marxist FARC leader Rodrigo Londono sign a historic peace accord in Cartagena. Gavino Garay reports.
The Colombian government and dissidents of the FARC guerrilla group that signed a 2016 peace pact, start talks with a view to demobilizing some 3,500 fighters and putting an end, once and for all, to their armed insurgency. The parties have also agreed to observe a bilateral ceasefire until January 15, according to the defense ministry. Negotiations between the government of President Gustavo Petro and leaders of the so-called Central General Staff (EMC) kick off in Tibu in the country's northeast, an area surrounded by drug crops and hard-hit by the ongoing violence. 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.
Bogota, Nov 1 (EFE).- Former guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) gathered Sunday at the Bolivar Square, in the center of Bogota, to demand that the government fully comply with the peace agreement and stop the murders of those who laid down their arms four years ago. (Camera: JUAN DIEGO LOPEZ). SHOT LIST: FORMER FARC GUERILLAS GATHER AT BOLIVAR SQUARE, BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.SOUND BITE: JULIAN GALLO CUBILLOS, SENATOR OF FARC PARTY.TRANSLATION: What we intend to do is to raise awareness among the Colombian society. We want to raise awareness among the people in this country and of course to also draw attention of the national government and the State because to date, 236 ex-guerrillas who had signed the peace agreement have been assassinated.
"For us, it's clear that Maduro's dictatorship, this regime, is supporting these groups" says Colombia's High Commissioner for Peace, Miguel Ceballos, after ex-FARC leader, Ivan Marquez, announced that he is taking up arms again. IMAGES
Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace holds presser after ordering "immediate release" of FARC leader Jesus Santrich, indicted for drug trafficking by a US court. IMAGES
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