- Title: Colombia looks forward to peace after 50 plus years of conflict in Colombia
- Date: 23rd November 2016
- Summary: ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** JIMENEZ ADDRESSING GUERRILLAS ON STAGE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) FARC COMMANDER, TIMOLEON JIMENEZ, "TIMOCHENKO", SAYING: "If the businessmen want to claim that they won the war they will. For the FARC-EP and the nation, the greatest satisfaction will always be that we won peace." VARIOUS OF GUERRILLAS APPLAUDING YARI PLAINS, COLOMBIA (SEPTEMBER 23, 2016) (REUTERS) IMPRISONED FARC MEMBERS SITTING (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) MEMBER OF THE FARC SECRETARIAT, IVAN MARQUEZ, SAYING: "The Tenth Conference of the FARC-EP has concluded its deliberations, with a victory of peace for Colombia. We inform the country, the government and peoples of the world that the guerrilla delegates present at the conference have given their unanimous backing to the Final Deal of Havana, reaffirming its internal cohesion." MEMBERS OF THE SECRETARIAT APPLAUDING (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) MEMBER OF THE FARC SECRETARIAT, IVAN MARQUEZ, SAYING: "The war has ended, tell Mauricio Babilonia that he can let the yellow butterflies free." MEMBERS OF THE SECRETARIAT APPLAUDING MEMBERS OF THE SECRETARIAT STANDING UP AT END OF CONFERENCE MARQUEZ SHOUTING (IN SPANISH): "LONG LIVE COLOMBIA, LONG LIVE PEACE" MEMBERS OF THE SECRETARIAT PUNCHING THE AIR AND SHOUTING (IN SPANISH): "LIVE!"
- Embargoed: 8th December 2016 19:02
- Keywords: FARC Timochenko rebels Juan Manuel Santos Alvaro Uribe ELN civil war
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- Country: Colombia
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
- Reuters ID: LVA00W59P34UF
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