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Colombian rebels: Peace talks to start Oct. 15
Talks between Colombia’s government and the leftist FARC rebels — aimed at ending one of Latin America’s oldest conflicts — are set to begin on October 15, the group said. The statement sent to reporters in Havana, Cuba, where the parties met to negotiate the terms of the peace talks…
Colombia says last top drug lord arrested
Colombia said that Daniel “El Loco” Barrera, alleged to be the country’s last major drug lord, had been caught in neighboring Venezuela in an international sting led from Washington. “The last of the great capos has fallen,” President Juan Manuel Santos announced on national television, adding that the US Central…
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