Colombian peace process

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The Colombian peace process is the peace process between the Colombian government of President Juan Manuel Santos and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC–EP) to bring an end to the Colombian conflict, which eventually led to the Peace Agreements between the Colombian Government of Juan Manuel Santos and FARC-EP. Negotiations began in September 2012, and mainly took place in Havana, Cuba. Negotiators announced a final agreement to end the conflict and build a lasting peace on August 24, 2016. However, a referendum to ratify the deal on October 2, 2016 was unsuccessful after 50.2% of voters voted against the agreement with 49.8% voting in favor. Afterward, the Colombian government and the FARC signed a revised peace deal on November 24 and sent it to Congress for ratification instead of conducting a second referendum.^[1] Both houses of Congress ratified the revised peace agreement on November 29–30, 2016, thus marking an end to the conflict.^[2]

After the speech and signing the Peace agreement The President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos and The head of the FARC, Rodrigo Londoño posed with the artwork "Cultivating Peace" by Colombian Artist Alex Sastoque, which depicts an AK-47 rifle turned into a shovel. ^[3]

Alex Sastoque is the author of the sculpture that became one of the symbols of the disarmament of the FARC. In this way he supported the peace agreements. ^[4]