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Opinion: United States should embrace a changing Latin America Colombia leader praises 'good peace' in lieu of 'perfect' Colombia leader praises 'good peace' in lieu of 'perfect' 02:41 New political era If and when the deal is approved by the electorate, the FARC will cease to be a rebel group and instead enter into politics as a left-wing party.
Colombia's FARC rebels release child soldiers The head of the FARC guerrillas Timoleon Jimenez signs the historic peace agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC.
War-weary, but still untrusting FARC on Colombia peace deal: Difficult without amnesty FARC on Colombia peace deal: Difficult without amnesty 01:14 For Jorge Bermudez, a retiree in Bogota, the peace deal is good in theory, but he remains wary.
Ivan Marquez, the group's chief negotiator, told CNN en Español, "Without this law, well, it is very difficult for the guerrillas to begin their movement into the peace zones or to the transitional points for normalization." As world leaders cheer the historic signing of a peace deal that ends the longest running war in the Americas, the rest of the peace process is now in the hands of Colombians.
"This is a group that didn't have the popular support practically and that has summoned the country to countless tragedies." A leading crusader against the peace deal is former President Alvaro Uribe Velez, whose father was killed by the FARC.
These staggering figures are now consigned to history as the Colombian government buries the hatchet with its longtime nemesis, the Marxist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia rebel group, better known by its Spanish acronym, FARC.
The woman FARC held captive for 6 years The woman FARC held captive for 6 years 07:35 While the deal symbolizes a chance for future generations to come of age in peace, the deal also signals a new chapter for the region.
The second most powerful group following the FARC, the National Liberation Army, or ELN, has announced interest in the peace deal but refused to end its practice of kidnapping.
The head of the FARC guerrillas Timoleon Jimenez signs the historic peace agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC.
Deal lives or dies on amnesty Meanwhile, FARC leaders press that there is no peace without amnesty.
End of an era for armed conflict in Latin America Latin America has slowly been freeing itself from the shadows of the Cold War as countries such as Colombia, Guatemala, Bolivia and Chile -- with the help of the United States -- fought off rebel guerillas.
In a symbolic gesture, the pens used to sign the historic peace deal, years in the making, have been made from recycled bullets once used in the conflict.
The treaty, signed by President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC leader Rodrigo Londoño, better known as Timochenko, requires rebels to give up their weapons and participate in a transitional justice process toward reintegration.
He accused Santos of having "accepted all of the FARC's agenda." "To this terrorist group, they also give impunity, and political legitimacy to all its actors, including those responsible for massacres (and) the most severe offenses, and crimes against humanity," he said in a video posted to Twitter in August.
The treaty grants the FARC 10 political seats, but it remains to be seen whether the rebel group, founded on Marxist ideologies of class struggle, can effectively transition into a political platform.
"Even speaking with the guerrilla fighters, they can't hide that what they have done for the last 52 years is massacre, kidnappings and extortion," she said in an interview with CNN Español's Fernando Ramos while covering the final FARC conference last week.
The rebels voted unanimously to approve a deal that was finalized in August to end the 52-year-old conflict, Latin America's longest-running.
Salud Hernandez, who has been a correspondent in Colombia for the daily newspaper El Mundo since 1999, has reasons to have ill faith in the FARC.
Now, "Guerrilla war is no longer seen as a reasonable way to contest power." The FARC started in 1964 and, like its mentors in Cuba, was committed to redistributing the wealth, even if it meant by force.
The US has funded the Colombian government to the tune of billions of dollars in its fight against FARC and the drug war.

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