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After nearly four long years of negotiations, a peace agreement was struck last night. 

FARC leaders may be comforted in knowing that the agreed-upon peace deal would give them permanent amnesty from imprisonment or extradition to the United States. However, their security is not completely assured; any new government could reverse the agreement, as has happened to former leaders of various groups in Guatemala and El Salvador.

In Colombia, Militants and Government Finally Agree on Peace

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Colombia

Military & Security

On the night of Aug. 23, after four long years of peace talks, the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) signed a lasting ceasefire in Havana. The deal hopes to end more than five decades of civil war -- the longest sustained conflict in the history of the Americas. But implementation will not be easy and the coming months will be the real test for the durability of the agreement.

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In Colombia, Militants and Government Finally Agree on Peace

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