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The Colombian government and FARC rebels sign a new peace deal after the failure of the original one.
2016-11-24

Colombian government and FARC representatives meet in Havana, and President Juan Manuel Santos will meet with presidential predecessors Álvaro Uribe, the accord opposition leader, and Andrés Pastrana Arango, to continue negotiations to end the 52-year war that has killed around a quarter of a million people.
2016-10-4

FARC leader Rodrigo Londoño (Timoleón) says his troops will honor its commitments to the Colombian government, including the permanent cease-fire, despite voters rejection of the peace accord in Sunday's referendum. President Juan Manuel Santos calls the country's political parties to an emergency meeting.
2016-10-3

The government of Colombia and FARC finalise a peace deal ending 50 years of conflict.
2016-08-24

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry holds a meeting with leaders of FARC in a sign of encouragement in ending Colombia's half-century old conflict.
2016-03-22

17 government soldiers are killed in an attack by FARC revolutionaries in the Colombian department of Arauca.
2013-07-20

Colombian FARC offer to release Kevin Scott Sutay, an American soldier captured last month.
2013-07-19

The Colombian leftist group FARC releases its last remaining police and military captives.
2012-04-2

Colombian forces kill 32 FARC rebels in the latest government offensive.
2012-03-26

Colombian military forces raid a FARC rebel hideout in the province of Caquetá, freeing police sergeant Luis Alberto Erazu, who had been held hostage by FARC for 12 years. Four other hostages are killed by the rebels during the raid.
2011-11-26