Govt suspends raids against FARC rebels
By Agencies in Bogota | China Daily | Updated: 2015-07-27 07:44
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos ordered on Saturday a halt to airstrikes against the FARC rebels, giving a major boost to stop-start peace talks.
It comes just two days after the Colombian government and the FARC resumed talks following months of stagnation at the negotiating table and fighting on the battlefield.
The talks designed to end the 50-year conflict - Latin America's oldest insurgency - have been dragging on since November 2012.
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