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Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos (left) and FARC leader Timochenko attend a ceremony in Mesetas to mark the rebel group’s disarmament. (AFP)

Colombia’s FARC Rebels Lay down Arms, Ending Decades of Conflict

by Mohammed Fahmi | Jun 28, 2017 | World

London – Colombia officially celebrated on Tuesday the end of the country’s decades-long armed conflict after the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) laid down the last of their weapons. In a short, symbol-filled ceremony, United Nations observers shut and...

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Colombia from Drug Cartels to Tourism

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 9, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Bogota, London- The scene in Colombia has differed from ten years ago, when armed members used to collect 10$ from people to protect them from street gangs. Those gangs chased tourists visiting the country to discover its jungles or the Sierra Nevada mountain range....

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Republican U.S. Presidential nominee Donald Trump attends a campaign event at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio August 1, 2016. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

How Trump Can Make the Americas Great Again

by Mac Margolis | Feb 19, 2017 | Opinion

Latin Americans are understandably edgy these days. The region’s economy is struggling, corruption scandals have spread like mosquito-borne disease, and Washington’s new management seems all too caught up in overheated talk of bad hombres and big beautiful...

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Colombia, Rebels Sign Revised Peace Deal

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 24, 2016 | World

Colombia’s government and FARC rebels signed a controversial revised peace accord Thursday to end their half-century conflict, in a far more sober ceremony than a first deal rejected last month by millions at a plebiscite. President Juan Manuel Santos and...

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Colombian Army soldiers guard the area where FARC guerrillas ambushed soldiers in Timba, Colombia, on April 15, 2015. (EPA/Christian Escobar Mora)

Colombia to resume bombing rebels after deadly ambush

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 16, 2015 | World

Bogota and Havana, Reuters—Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos ordered the resumption of bombing raids against FARC guerrillas on Wednesday after a rebel attack killed 10 soldiers, heating up a war that had seen a tentative cessation of hostilities. As part...