End of armed conflict 'will boost Colombia GDP'
Thursday, July 7, 2016
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Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos said that the national economy could grow an extra percentage point per year if the country’s 52-year-old armed conflict comes to an end.
Santos has been negotiating peace with the FARC and the ELN, two guerrilla groups that have fought the state since 1964.
Source: Colombia Reports