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Colombia to launch peace talks with ELN rebels
The Colombian government and the country’s second-largest rebel group, the leftist National Liberation Army (ELN), announced Oct. 10 they would launch negotiations on Oct. 27 in Ecuador’s capital, with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos predicting “total peace.”
Both sides have committed to doing everything in their power to “create an environment favorable to peace” once the…