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Weekly Report - 07 January 2016 (WR-16-01)
COLOMBIA: Santos visits Farc birthplace for mayoral ceremony
President Juan Manuel Santos was invited to attend many inauguration ceremonies of mayors taking office on 1 January after election last October but pointedly he chose just one: Rioblanco, in the southern department of Tolima, very close to the cradle of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc). His choice was intended to reflect his commitment to peace, which he has always insisted must be “constructed in the regions”.
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