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Colombia's main left-wing rebel group, the Farc, releases a soldier it had held hostage for nearly three weeks, a day after freeing two policemen.
bbci.co.uk (4 months and 2 days ago)

Colombia's main rebel group, the Farc, denies it is moving too slowly to end five decades of conflict, six months after peace talks began.
bbci.co.uk (30 days ago)
Colombia's FARC rebels: Postpone May 2014 elections to give peace talks a better chance
abcnews.com (7 days ago)
Peace negotiators trying to end Colombia's blood-drenched, five-decade old civil war announced an agreement on land reform between the Colombian government and FARC rebels.
cnn.com (23 days ago)
Colombia and Marxist-led FARC rebels reported important advances on Friday on the critical issue of agrarian reform in their talks to end half a century of war but the government complained the negotiations were still moving too slowly.
nytimes.com (1 month and 15 days ago)

Colombia's government and Farc rebels say they have agreed on land reform, after months of talks on how to end five decades of conflict.
bbci.co.uk (23 days ago)
Colombia's FARC rebels control more than 60 percent of the Andean nation's drug trade, including cocaine trafficking overseas, an activity the armed group has denied during peace talks in Cuba, Colombia's police chief said on Monday.
nytimes.com (1 month and 26 days ago)
HAVANA (Reuters) - Colombia and Marxist-led FARC rebels reported important advances on Friday on the critical issue of agrarian reform in their talks to end half a century of war but the government complained the negotiations were still moving too slowly.
reuters.com (1 month and 15 days ago)
HAVANA (Reuters) - Colombia and the Marxist-led FARC rebels have reached agreement on the critical issue of agrarian reform, the two sides said on Sunday in what appeared to be a significant step forward for the peace process aimed at ending their long war. They said the accord called for the economic and social development of rural areas and providing land to the people...
yahoo.com (23 days ago)
HAVANA (Reuters) - Colombia and the Marxist FARC rebels said on Sunday their talks aimed at ending half a century of conflict are picking up the pace and making progress toward an agreement on land reform, a key point in the peace process.
reuters.com (4 months and 8 days ago)
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