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The Colombian government and FARC rebels have agreed to end fighting with a definitive, historic ceasefire. Yiming Woo reports.
Colombia's government and leftist FARC rebels sign a final peace deal to end a five decades-long civil war that has left hundreds of thousands dead. Natasha Howitt reports.
President Juan Manuel Santos is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the 52-year-old war with FARC rebels in Colombia.
Bogota, Oct 31 (EFE).- Hundreds of former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) militants who began a march days ago from the several Colombian cities on Saturday arrived in the capital Bogota for a protest against the violence that has claimed the lives of about 234 of the ex-rebels since the peace deal came into force.Some wore white T-shirts that read "For life, for peace," while others waved white and Colombian flags.The march was organized following the death of two former combatants: Juan de Jesus Monroy, a reincorporation leader in Meta, and his bodyguard, Luis Alexander Largo, who were gunned down on Oct. 16 near Mesetas, according to FARC. (Camera: LUIS EDUARDO NORIEGA). SHOT LIST: FORMER FARC MILITANTS WHO JOIN 'MARCH FOR LIFE AND PEACE' ARRIVE BOGOTA IN REJECTION OF THE VIOLENCE THAT HAS COST THE LIVES OF MORE THAN 230 OF FORMER FARC REBELS, IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.
"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
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States is to review removing the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia from its list of terrorist organizations once a peace accord with Colombia's government is implemented. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos and Marxist FARC leader Rodrigo Londono sign a historic peace accord in Cartagena. Gavino Garay reports.
As the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia meet to ratify a peace deal to end 52-years of civil war, a pregnant guerrilla fighter looks forward to a new life. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.