Colombia’s government says it will sign a new peace accord with Farc rebels on Thursday, after a previous deal was rejected in a referendum last month.<\/p>\n
The new revised agreement will be submitted to Congress for approval, rather than put to a popular vote.<\/p>\n
But opposition groups say it still does not go far enough in punishing rebels for human rights abuses.<\/p>\n
The deal is aimed at ending more than 50 years of armed conflict, in which more than 260,000 people have been killed.<\/p>\n
In a televised address to the nation on Tuesday, President Juan Manuel Santos said: “We have the unique opportunity to close this painful chapter in our history that has bereaved and afflicted millions of Colombians for half a century.”<\/p>\n
The original deal was signed two months ago in an emotional ceremony before world leaders but it was rejected in a referendum on 2 October.<\/p>\n
Government opponents led by former President Alvaro Uribe said the deal was too favourable to the rebels.<\/p>\n
Farc and government negotiators worked round the clock to make more than 50 changes to make it more acceptable to conservative Colombians who despise the Farc.<\/p>\n
Mr Uribe and other sceptics continued to claim the changes made were cosmetic.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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