Colombia
Colombia and FARC agree on dealing with rebels ‘ children
Children in the service of the guerrilla organization the FARC to leave the rebel camp. This is another step in the difficult peace negotiations between the Colombian government and the FARC.
In December 2000, Colombian soldiers mind arrests year-old FARC rebels
The children will receive an education and were reunited with their families, it said in a joint statement by the negotiators of the FARC and the Colombian government after their negotiations in Havana. “We have reached a historic agreement to bring the children out of the war,” wrote President Juan Manuel Santos on Twitter.
Logramos histórico acuerdo en La Habana para sacar a los niños de la guerra #LaPazEsPosible
— Juan Manuel Santos (@JuanManSantos) 15. May 2016
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FARC members under the age of 14 remain therefore totally exempt from punishment. Guerrillas between 14 and 18 years, for example, from the charges of Rebellion were acquitted. Both sides left open, how many children relates to the new agreement.
Peace negotiations on the “final straight”
According to the progress of the last few days in the peace talks, President Santos said that he hoped that the war with the FARC rebels “would end very soon.” Interior Minister Juan Fernando Cristo said the talks were on the “final straight”. Colombia plan, in September, a Referendum on the peace agreement to hold.
The government and the FARC have been in negotiations since the end of 2012 in the Cuban capital on the settlement of the decades-old conflict. In the civil war between left-wing guerrilla groups, right-wing paramilitaries and the military, around 220,000 people were so far killed.
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