Momentous Peace Deal Finalized in Colombia

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Colombia’s government and its biggest rebel group, the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, or the FARC, reached an historic accord that hopes to end the world’s longest running conflict. The South American nation has endured seven continuous decades of armed struggle carried out by the FARC and its predecessors. Now the agreement must still be ratified by voters in a plebiscite on October 2, 2016. And although polls indicate that Colombians will vote yes, many experts worry that as the former guerrillas integrate into Colombian society, criminal gangs will fill the vacuum and fight for control of the extremely lucrative cocaine trade that sustained the FARC for decades.

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