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Bogota, Aug 31 (EFE).- Former Colombian President Andrés Pastrana said on Tuesday that the transitional justice system that emerged from the peace agreement between the Government and the FARC has stains because former president Juan Manuel Santos did not seek consensus to legitimize it after losing the plebiscite of the treaty. (Camera: JUAN DIEGO LOPEZ).SHOT LIST: FORMER COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT ANDRES PASTRANA JOIN A TRUTH CONTRIBUTION HEARING HELD AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE TRUTH COMMISSION, IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.SOUND BITE: FORMER COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT ANDRÉS PASTRANA (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATION: I cannot comprehend why former President Juan Manuel Santos decided to waste the historic opportunity to achieve consensus on the Havana agreements, as I proposed to him in a face-to-face meeting in the Casa de Nariño after the results of the plebiscite.
Bogota, Aug 4 (EFE).- Government involvement in crimes committed during Colombia's decades-long internal conflict was the main focus Wednesday as the former leaders of the right-wing militias and leftist FARC rebels appeared before a truth commission created in the hope of providing closure for the victims.The commission, established by the 2016 peace accord between the government and the FARC, asked to hear from the one-time commander of the AUC militia federation, Salvatore Mancuso, and erstwhile guerrilla chief Rodrigo Londoño.(Camera: VIDEO LINK FROM UNITED STATES PRISON)SOUND BITES: SALVATORE MANCUSO (IN SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES)
Efforts by Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos to end five decades of war in his country are recognised with the Nobel Peace Prize. SOUNDBITE
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.
A military helicopter carrying former paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso, who spent 16 years in a US jail, arrives in Colombia's capital. Regarded as one of the most powerful warlords of the 1990s and early 21st century, Mancuso has pledged to tell the truth about his links to politicians and businesspeople in the South American country. IMAGES
The EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says that Israel cannot build peace "only by military means" ahead of talks with Israeli and Palestinian top diplomats. The bloc's 27 foreign ministers are set to hold separate meetings with their counterparts from Israel, the Palestinian Authority and key Arab states in Brussels. SOUNDBITE