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Colombia’s Peace Deal: Latin America’s Biggest Stories of the 2010s

By Benjamin Russell

An imperfect peace process edges forward, despite road blocks.

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WHO WAS INVOLVED: Juan Manuel Santos, then Colombia’s president; Álvaro Uribe, Santos’ predecessor; Iván Márquez, lead negotiator for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC); Iván Duque, the current president.

WHAT HAPPENED: As Santos entered office in 2010, Colombia was changing. Uribe's mano dura confrontation with the FARC, though it led to widespread human...

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