Colombia peace deal passed by Congress, ending 52-year war

[Judi Lynn]

1. Time: Colombias Congress Ratifies a New Peace Deal with Rebels

Colombia’s Congress Ratifies a New Peace Deal with Rebels

Joshua Goodman / AP
12:22 AM ET

The ratification will set in motion the process in which the FARC's 8,000-plus guerrillas will turn over their weapons to United Nations monitors

(BOGOTA) — After five decades of war, more than four years of negotiations and two signing ceremonies, Colombia’s congress late Wednesday formally ratified a peace agreement allowing leftist rebels to enter politics.

The 310-page revised accord was approved unanimously by the lower house, which voted a day after the Senate approved the same text 75-0 following a protest walkout by the opposition led by former President Alvaro Uribe.

The accord introduces some 50 changes intended to assuage critics who led a campaign that saw Colombians narrowly reject the original accord in a referendum last month. President Juan Manuel Santos has said there won’t be a second referendum.

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