- Title: Colombia looks forward to peace after 50 plus years of conflict in Colombia
- Date: 23rd November 2016
- Summary: BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (RECENT) (REUTERS) FORMER COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT ANDRES PASTRANA DURING INTERVIEW (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) FORMER COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT ANDRES PASTRANA, SAYING: "In 1998 the army was completely defeated. You remember that between January 1998 and August there were more than 1,000 soldiers and police who were kidnapped. We were losing the war. The soldiers killed in this first quarter was possibly the highest figure in Colombian history. Second, we had more than 45 years of violence and what the Colombian people wanted to say was, 'What can we do to have peace?' And that is why we looked for any legal way to make peace."
- 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: LVA00A59P34UF
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