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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Harriet Barber in Medellín and Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro

‘Total peace’ or ‘all-out war’? Colombian voters face stark choice as rebel attacks surge

Mourners gather near a coffin covered in flowers
Mourners at a funeral for victims of a bomb attack on Sunday in Cajibio. Photograph: Jair Coll/Reuters

The landmark 2016 peace deal between the Colombian government and the largest insurgent army in Latin America succeeded in some ways: the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) agreed to lay down their weapons, and the violence that had racked the country was substantially reduced.

But the deal alone could not end the decades-long armed conflict for good. Subsequent administrations slow-walked the implementation of the settlement, which was rejected by Farc dissidents and other rebel factions.

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