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Investing in a Possible Colombian Peace Deal

Aug 19, 2016 | 09:45 GMT

Investing in a Possible Colombian Peace Deal
A rainbow brightens downtown Bogota. A brighter investment climate may be ahead in Colombia if the peace deal brokered with the FARC is finalized.

(LUIS ACOSTA/AFP/Getty Images)

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos hopes by year's end to finalize a peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) that would end five decades of conflict. The deal could open rural parts of Colombia for business, including for mineral extraction, tourism and agribusiness. But even if the peace agreements are implemented -- they will be put to a public vote first -- fostering the stability and trust needed to maximize industry will not be easy....

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