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Mariana Páez demobilisation zone was set up for former Farc members to live after the 2016 peace deal. They have been forced to flee after a wave of death threats and killings. Associated Press/Alamy Stock Photo

Colombia: former Farc fighters who signed 2016 peace deal now live amid threats and assassinations

Christoph Sponsel, University of Oxford

They used to fight the state and now want to be part of society – but after demobilisation, thousands of former Farc guerrillas face violence and displacement
Olmedo Vega spent 35 years as a FARC guerrilla commander before moving to the Agua Bonita demobilisation camp. Photograph: Juan Pablo Valderrama

Inside a reintegration camp for Colombia’s ex‑guerrilla fighters: ‘Words of reconciliation are our only weapons now’

Camilo Tamayo Gomez, University of Huddersfield and Gavin Hart, Liverpool Hope University

The outcome of Colombia’s presidential election has major implications for the survival of its historic peace deal, and the prospects of former combatants who have committed to a life without conflict
FARC commander Iván Márquez issued a return to armed struggle in a video posted Aug. 29, 2019. Reuters TV (screengrab)

Colombia’s peace process under stress: 6 essential reads

Catesby Holmes, The Conversation

Dissidents in Colombia’s FARC guerrillas are threatening to renew armed struggle three years after signing a landmark peace deal. Here, experts explain the history of Colombia’s fragile peace process.

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  1. Armed conflict
  2. Colombia
  3. Colombia civil war
  4. Colombian peace process
  5. Colombia peace deal
  6. Drug trade
  7. FARC
  8. Guerrillas
  9. Gustavo Petro
  10. Ivan Duque

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