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Colombian peace accord faces hurdles

Thursday, January 12, 2017


As Colombians rang in a new year without war for the first time in a half-century, tension and uncertainty were mounting in several rural areas affected by the armed conflict.

Reports of a surge in killings of leftist community leaders, social activists, and members of the Patriotic March party are hurdles in the implementation of the peace accord with the FARC rebels.

Source: City Paper Bogotá