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Thứ Năm, 25 tháng 8, 2016

Peace agreement signed by Columbia and FARC

Peace agreement signed by Columbia and FARC

(Vatican Radio) The Colombian Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia...better known as the FARC, have signed an historic Peace Agreement, finally ending a conflict which started in 1964.
The talks, negotiations, rows, frustrations, pride swallowing and practical compromises leading to peace, have taken four long years, in Havana Cuba.  People smiled, hugged and silently wept as the Head of the Government Delegation Humberto De La Calle and the FARC`s Chief Negotiator Ivan Marquez, signed for PEACE, shook hands and smiled with relief.  A bi-lateral ceasefire since June has held,  and at long last the conflict is at and end.  The cost in every sense has been ghastly and appalling.  Almost quarter of a million people have been killed,  many thousands wounded and maimed,  millions more permanently displaced.
The points which have been thrashed out, ironed out and inked in, point by agonizing point are:  Land Reform,  Justice for victims of the conflict, Disarmament, Political Participation in the democratic process by the FARC,  plus implementation of the entire deal.
To make it binding there will be a nationwide referendum on October 2nd.  President Juan Manuel Santos, who`s staked his reputation, career and very life in persisting for peace through thick and thin, is appealing to ALL Colombians to vote for a bright and a stable future.


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