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“We worked 15 days and nights to reach this new agreement,” de la Calle said.

In a dramatic turn of events, Colombians have rejected a landmark peace agreement reached with FARC rebels, with just over 50 percent voting against the deal in a snap referendum.
Colombian voters rejected a peace deal with the Marxist FARC organization, with 50.24 percent of people voting against peace in a public referendum on Sunday.

President Obama called Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday to congratulate him on the historic deal and to pledge U.S. support

Colombia’s government and rebel commanders hope Farc will become a leftist political party but members fear giving up weapons will make them vulnerable

The move threatens to derail a deal announced just two weeks ago

This means nothing more and nothing less than the end of the FARC as an armed group

The Colombian government and the Farc rebels have signed a historic ceasefire deal, bringing them closer to ending more than five decades of conflict.