Colombia and FARC rebel group sign historic ceasefire
HAVANA -- "Transcendental," "immense," "historic": these were the words used by the main protagonists in the signing of a landmark accord by the Colombian government and FARC rebels Thursday that virtually put an end to the longest-running guerrilla war in Latin America .
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC Commander Timoleon "Timochencko" Jimenez shook hands as they held up accords signed by their respective negotiators, which seal a bilateral ceasefire and cessation of hostilities, rebel disarmament, guarantee of security for the FARC fighters and their transition to civilian life in a ceremony with the presence of Cuban President Raul Castro and Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende representing the country guarantors of the peace talks underway for nearly four years in Havana.
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Colombians celebrate in downtown Bogota as they watch on a giant screen the signing of the ceasefire with the FARC on June 23, 2016.
Hopefully this truce will hold. This has been a long and bloody war over the decades.
Great start.