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Colombia: Peace talks’ first anniversary approaches

This Oct. 18 will mark the first anniversary of the beginning of the peace talks in Havana, Cuba, between the government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The armed conflict between the State, guerrillas and paramilitaries since 1958 has claimed more than 220,000 lives—approximately 80 percent of which were civilians—according to […]