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Colombia: a long construction of peace with the Farc

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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos (C), ballpoint pen in hand, and the leader of the FARC (R) during the signing of the peace agreement, September 26, 2016 in Cartagena.

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By: Véronique Gaymard Follow

2 mins

Meet the major witnesses and actors in the conflict between the Colombian State and the Farc guerrillas, who signed peace agreements nearly 6 years ago: Rodrigo Londoño, former Farc leader, Sergio Jaramillo, one of the negotiators for the Colombian State, and Bertha Lucía Fríes, victim of an attack perpetrated by the Farc in 2003.

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These peace agreements were to put an end to more than 50 years of war, a bloody conflict that left nearly 300,000 dead, 80,000 missing and more than 7 million displaced.

These six-point agreements were signed in Havana on August 24, 2016, under the aegis of Cuba and Norway, then again for the image on September 26, 2016 in the city of Cartagena, a symbol of resistance to the Spanish crown.

During this ceremony, President Juan Manuel Santos called for no more war and Farc leader Rodrigo Londoño, alias Tymoshenko, asked for forgiveness from the victims.

A look back at these difficult negotiations, in this crucial election year for Colombia and when peace has not yet returned to the regions.

Guests:

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(alias Timochenko or Timoleón Jimenez in the Farc): last leader of the Farc guerrillas from 2011 to 2016. Presidential candidate in 2018 for the party "Revolutionary alternative force of the common" which became the Parti Comunes which he leads .

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former Deputy Minister of Defense between 2006 and 2009, then High Commissioner for Peace under the presidency of Juan Manuel Santos.

He was one of the peace negotiators of the 2016 agreements with the Farc.

Colombian Ambassador in Brussels to the European Union and now senior adviser to the European Institute of Peace in Brussels

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victim of the attack in El Nogal in Bogota on February 7, 2003 perpetrated by the FARC, supporter of peace, very involved in the reconciliation process.

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co-director of

on the last moments of Raul Reyes (ex number 2 of FARC) before he was killed in a bombardment by the Colombian army on the border of Ecuador in 2008. A film inspired by the more than 10,000 emails found on Raul Reyes' computers.

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