Weekly Report - 20 October 2016 (WR-16-41)

Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos is desperately trying to revive the peace process with the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) by setting a deadline of 20 October for all opponents of the peace accord signed on 26 September to present their proposed revisions. After all sides of the political spectrum expressed their commitment to peace in the wake of the ‘no’ vote triumphing in the national referendum on the peace accord on 2 October, reality has kicked in and progress has stalled.

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