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COLOMBIA’S Farc guerillas must be removed from lists of terrorist organisations to pave the way for peace, US and EU leaders were told on Thursday.
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) urged the European Union to remove it from its designated terrorist list as Cuban-mediated peace talks in Havana reached an advanced stage.
The rebels, who have fought a 50-year war against the army and paramilitary death squads, are ready to lay down their arms and participate in elections as they did in 1984.
With Petro, Colombia has been making huge strides towards peace — but is all that at risk with the elections next year? MARK ROWE reports back after joining a delegation to the Latin American country
Colombia’s success in controlling the drug trade should be recognised and its sovereignty respected, argues Dr GLORY SAAVEDRA
Alvaro Uribe is found guilty of witness tampering and procedural fraud, reports NICK MACWILLIAM