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June 28, 2017

Colombia: FARC Celebrates Disarmament After 52 Years
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In Colombia, the FARC celebrated its disarmament on Tuesday, in another
historic step in the end of Colombia's 52-year civil war. This is FARC
leader Timoleón Jiménez.

Timoleón Jiménez: "Today doesn't end the existence of the FARC. In
truth, what we are putting an end to is our 53-year armed struggle, but
we will continue to exist as a movement of legal and democratic
character, which will develop its ideological, political and
organizational actions, and its propaganda, through exclusively legal
methods, peacefully, without weapons."



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