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Bogota, Oct 5 (EFE).- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday called for a unified effort to achieve peace with FARC guerrillas after meeting with predecessor Alvaro Uribe, a staunch critic of the agreement that was signed late last month with the rebels and narrowly rejected three days ago in a national referendum. “We’re very …

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Buenos Aires, 3 oct (EFE).- Los Gobiernos de Argentina, Brasil, Chile, México, Paraguay y Uruguay firmaron hoy un comunicado conjunto en el que expresaron su “decidido y renovado compromiso” de acompañar al pueblo de Colombia en una construcción de la paz que redunde en “mayor prosperidad y unidad” para ese país y la región. Se …

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Bogota, Oct 2 (EFE) – The president of Colombia late Sunday recognized the victory of the “No” side in the referendum on the peace agreement signed with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and said this result would open a new political reality which could be an opportunity for the country. Juan Manuel Santos, …

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Bogota, Oct 2 (EFE).- Colombians are heading to the polls Sunday to vote in a referendum on the peace agreement between the government and the FARC guerrilla group. Some 34.8 million citizens are eligible to vote “Yes” or “No” on the agreement between President Juan Manuel Santos’s administration and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, …

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Miami, 30 sep (EFEUSA).- El cantautor Fonseca colaboró en una canción que Ringo Star, el que fuera el baterista de los Beatles, creó para conmemorar el proceso de paz en Colombia, “Now the time has come” (Ha llegado el momento), que salió hoy al mercado. El músico colombiano compuso y cantó una estrofa en español …

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Cartagena, Colombia, Sep 26 (EFE).- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and the leader of the FARC rebels, Rodrigo Londoño Echeverri, alias “Timochenko,” on Monday signed an accord to end 52 years of civil war in the Andean nation. The pact is the result of nearly four years of talks in Havana and was signed at …

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Naciones Unidas, 26 sep (EFE).- La ministra de Exteriores de la India, Sushma Swaraj, llamó hoy desde Naciones Unidas a Pakistán a abandonar el “sueño” de hacerse con la región de Cachemira y acusó al país vecino de ser cómplice de acciones terroristas. “Mi firme consejo a Pakistán es, ‘abandonad este sueño’. Déjenme decir de …

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Colombia, Sep 23 (EFE).- The FARC rebel group announced Friday that its fighters voted to ratify an agreement with the Colombian government to end 52 years of civil war in the Andean nation. “We inform you that the guerrilla delegates have given unanimous support to the peace accord,” FARC senior official Ivan Marquez told reporters …

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