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Venezuela closes border with Colombia over currency smuggling
Dec 13, 2016 08:53Venezuela’s president has ordered a three-day closure of the border with Colombia in a bid to fight “mafias” involved in currency smuggling amid soaring inflation in the South American state.
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Colombia peace accord with FARC model for ending Syria crisis: Santos
Dec 10, 2016 17:05Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says a peace accord between Bogota and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) after over half a century of a bloody armed conflict could be viewed as a "model" and "a ray of hope" for resolving conflicts in Syria.
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Deadly Colombia plane crash: Victims’ bodies flown back home
Dec 03, 2016 15:35The bodies of those who died in a plane crash in Colombia earlier this week have been repatriated to their home countries.
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Colombia’s Senate passes revised peace pact between FARC, government
Nov 30, 2016 14:32Colombia’s Senate has approved a revised peace accord between the government and the country’s biggest rebel group.
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Colombia's govt. ready for revised deal with FARC
Nov 23, 2016 09:21Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says a new version of a peace accord with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as FARC, will be handed to the parliament for endorsement.
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Two FARC rebels killed in Colombia
Nov 17, 2016 10:24Two rebels with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have been killed in fighting with government troops in the north of the country, a first case of armed hostility in apparent violation of a recent bilateral ceasefire deal.
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Colombia suspends talks with ELN rebel group
Oct 28, 2016 06:37Colombia’s second biggest rebel group has killed two civilian truck drivers in a “terrorist attack,” the country’s military says, hours after Bogota suspended peace talks with the group.
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Colombian president vows to save peace deal
Oct 04, 2016 11:08Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has pledged to save a landmark peace deal with FARC rebels after voters rejected it in a referendum which shocked many people across the nation.
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FARC peace deal crushed by Colombian voters
Oct 03, 2016 05:59Voters in Colombia have blasted all hopes for a peace deal between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebel group.
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Colombia ex-rebels apologize for 2002 massacre
Sep 30, 2016 15:42A commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have officially asked for forgiveness days after signing a peace treaty that has brought a new spirit of reconciliation to the nation.