Colombia tries peace talks with FARC rebels to end long conflict
News update October 14, 2012 Colombia’s government and Marxist rebels will sit down this week to start peace talks aimed at ending nearly half a century of conflict after a 10-year military offensive against the guerrillas failed to deliver a coup de grace. President Juan Manuel Santos is attempting what many other leaders have tried but failed to do in the past – reach a negotiated deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and bring peace to Latin America’s No. 4 economy. The former defense minister has seen his popularity slide over the last year with former President…
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