Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. Photo via Flickr user cancilleriadeperu Peace has long been a goal in Colombia, but until recently, no one had a very good idea of what it might look like. While negotiations between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the largest and oldest left-wing rebel group in the country, have been ongoing since November 2012, the texts of preliminary agreements on political participation, “illicit crop” production, and rural development were only made available to the public last month. The policy proposals have been framed as historic, if only in comparison to...
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