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Colombia: Pope and Polls Accelerate Push for Peace

Jul 24, 2017 | 18:24 GMT

Even as peace talks conclude with Colombia's largest insurgent group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), there remains plenty of work left to end insurgency in the country. The Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) will attempt to negotiate a bilateral cease-fire ahead of Pope Francis' visit to Colombia on Sept. 6, according to a July 23 report. The government's negotiators hope the ELN will reciprocate by halting guerrilla attacks against the country's citizens and oil infrastructure....

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