The aid agency Cafod has welcomed a historic peace deal between the government and guerrilla rebels in Colombia.
The agreement between the two sides was made on Wednesday in Havana, Cuba where peace talks finally concluded after four years. Government troops and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) had been engaged in conflict for over 50 years.
“The end of the armed conflict is near,” said Clare Dixon, Cafod’s Head of Latin America. “We hope this deal will bring an end to the violence and fear that has devastated the lives of over 7 million people, particularly those living in rural areas; farming communities, Indigenous and Afro-Colombian Peoples.”
