Colombia’s main leftist rebel group - battered by a decade-long government military offensive - says it will seek a cease-fire next month at the start of preliminary talks with the Bogota government.

Thursday’s cease-fire announcement by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - better known as FARC - comes just days after President Juan Manuel Santos announced a deal with rebels to open talks next month aimed at ending nearly five decades of warfare.  However, the president … [Read More]

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Source: VOA News: War and Conflict