Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos signed a revised peace agreement with the country's largest rebel movement on 24th Nov 2016, making a second attempt within months to end a half century of hostilities.
Santos and Rodrigo Londono, leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, signed the 310-page accord at Bogota's historic Colon Theater.
FARC leader Londono used his address to call for a transitional government to ensure the accord is effectively implemented,
"Our only weapons as Colombians should be our words," said Londono, better known by his alias Timochenko, in a 15-minute speech. "We are putting a definitive end to war to confront in a civilized manner our contradictions.”
New accord introduces 50 changes to assuage critics.
They range from a prohibition on foreign magistrates judging crimes by the FARC or government to a commitment from the insurgents to forfeit assets amassed through drug trafficking.
But the FARC wouldn't go along with jail sentences for rebel leaders who committed atrocities and stricter limits on their future participation in politics.
FARC comprises 8000 plus fighters and this marks yet another attempt at peace.
Peace could trigger more bloodshed, as it did following a previous peace process with the FARC in the 1980s.
