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Can the FARC Peace Deal Be Salvaged?

Oct 3, 2016 | 23:36 GMT

Can the FARC Peace Deal Be Salvaged?
The rejection by voters of a peace deal between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia brought out protesters in Bogata on Sunday. A number of pitfalls could prevent the deal from being renegotiated.

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Colombia is coming to terms with the political fallout from Sunday's plebiscite, during which voters rejected a peace deal the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) had spent the past four years crafting. Now officials in Bogota are left with a tough question: How can the deal be amended to satisfy both the FARC and the Colombian public?...

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