Cease-fire takes effect, ending 52 years of war
By Agencies in Bogota | China Daily | Updated: 2016-08-30 07:36
About 7,500 FARC fighters will surrender their weapons under UN supervision
Colombia on Monday began its first day of peace with the country's largest insurgency after a cease-fire between the FARC and the government went into effect, ending 52 years of warfare.
The full cease-fire ordered by President Juan Manuel Santos and the head of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, Timoleon Jimenez, began at midnight on Sunday.
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