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Why Would a Country Reject Peace?

October 26, 2016 by Mateus Andrade in World Affairs

Why would a country with such a tragic history - a 52-year-long civil war which has caused 6.9 internally displaced victims - vote against peace? It’s not a decision as simple as a 'yes' or a 'no', as the referendum required it to be. For many Colombians who voted against peace, the deal was too lenient on the FARC and granted the rebel guerrillas too much political power...

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Written by Charis McGowan for El País
Photography by Leonardo Munõz

October 26, 2016 /Mateus Andrade
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