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The Signing of the Peace Agreement at the Teatro Colón
Signing ceremony of the new Final Agreement for the End of Conflict and the Construction of a Stable and Lasting Peace at the Teatro Colón in Bogotá on November 24, 2016. This Agreement was the result of renegotiations following a large national dialogue held with the supporters of both “Yes” and “No” votes.
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The Signing of the Peace Agreement in Cartagena
On September 26, 2016, the Colombian Government and the FARC-EP signed the Agreement for the End of Conflict and the Construction of a Stable and Lasting Peace in Cartagena. This Agreement was submitted to the peace Plebiscite on October 2, 2016, in which 50.1% of votes were for “No” and 49.78% for “Yes.”
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The Great National Dialogue
The Great National Dialogue occurred after a narrow victory for “No” in the peace Plebiscite. Over 60 meetings were held with promoters of both “No” and “Yes,” civil society, church representatives, and political party members, who proposed adjustments and clarifications to the document, most of which were included in the new Final Agreement for the […]
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Colombians March for Peace
Following the results of the October 2, 2016 Plebiscite, thousands of Colombians took to the streets to advocate for a negotiated solution to the conflict. The citizens’ demand, particularly from young people, was pivotal in prompting the Government and FARC-EP to successfully renegotiate the agreement.
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The Last Container with FARC-EP Weapons
On August 15, 2017, in Pondores, a designated zone in Fonseca municipality in La Guajira, the process of extracting the FARC-EP weapon containers from the designated zones concluded, with the presence of then-president Juan Manuel Santos and UN Mission Chief Jean Arnault.
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Mesetas, the Location Where Individual Disarmament of FARC-EP Concluded
On June 27, 2017, the individual disarmament process of FARC-EP concluded in the municipality of Mesetas in the department of Meta, in the presence of then-president Juan Manuel Santos, FARC-EP commander Rodrigo Londoño, the UN Mission Chief in Colombia, Jean Arnault, the ambassadors of guarantor countries Cuba and Norway, and representatives of the international community, […]
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The Municipality Where All FARC-EP Weapons Arrived
In Funza, a municipality in Cundinamarca, 8,994 firearms, 38,255 kilograms of explosives, 11,015 grenades, and other war materials from former FARC-EP combatants arrived during the disarmament process.
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Other Dialogue Attempts with FARC-EP
Since the 1980s, various governments have tried to end the armed conflict with FARC-EP through dialogue. The first attempt was under President Belisario Betancur (1982-1986), who managed to sign a ceasefire agreement called the “La Uribe Accords” in 1984. The other two attempts occurred between 1991-1992 in Caracas and Tlaxcala and between 1998 and 2002 […]