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One of World's Longest-Running Wars to End With Colombia-FARC Peace Deal

© AFP 2023 / LUIS ACOSTARevolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas listen during a "class" on the peace process between the Colombian government and their force, at a camp in the Colombian mountains. (File)
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas listen during a class on the peace process between the Colombian government and their force, at a camp in the Colombian mountains. (File) - Sputnik International
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The Colombian government and FARC rebels have officially reached an historic peace deal, bringing an end to a 50-year war.

The accord, announced in Havana, Cuba, on Wednesday, requires the Colombian government to carry out substantive land reform and overhaul its drug trafficking policies. It also requires Bogota to expand state services into rural sections of the country.

A Colombian Air Force helicopter takes off at a military base in Quibdo, Department of Choco, Colombia, on November 19, 2014, before heading to reinforce search operations of General Ruben Alzate who was kidnapped by the FARC - Sputnik International
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"There is no room for winners or losers when you achieve peace through negotiations," FARC negotiator Rodrigo Granda tweeted. "Colombia wins, death loses."

The agreement must be approved by voters in a plebiscite before it can take effect. A vote is expected to take place in October. Negotiations were finalized on Tuesday.

FARC is one of the world’s oldest Marxist insurgencies, formed in 1964 when it launched a war to overthrow the government of Colombia and install a revolutionary regime. Since fighting began, over 220,000 people have been killed, and another 5 million forced to abandon their homes.

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