Colombia FARC rebels meet to vote on peace deal

Sep 23, 2016

Colombia FARC rebels meet to vote on peace deal

Jin Kim 0 Comment World Colombia, farc, rebels

Colombia’s FARC rebel group voted unanimously to approve a peace deal with the government and form a new political party.

: Actors perform the play “Tejiendo la paz” (Weaving the Peace), about the end of the armed conflict in Colombia and supports the peace process, in downtown Bogota, on September 21, 2016. / (AFP Photo/Diana Sanchez)

: View of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) camp during the 10th National Guerrilla Conference in Llanos del Yari, Caqueta department, Colombia, on September 22, 2016. After 52 years of armed conflict, FARC rebels open what leaders hope will be their last conference as a guerrilla army, where they are due to vote on a historic peace deal with the Colombian government / (AFP Photo/Luis )

: View of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) camp during the 10th National Guerrilla Conference in Llanos del Yari, Caqueta department, Colombia, on September 22, 2016. After 52 years of armed conflict, FARC rebels open what leaders hope will be their last conference as a guerrilla army, where they are due to vote on a historic peace deal with the Colombian government / (AFP Photo/Luis )

: Everth Bustamante, a former member of the M-19 guerrilla-turned-political party, speaks with AFP in an interview in Bogota on September 9, 2016. Bustamante, who belonged to the leftist April 19 (M-19) rebel movement which became a political party, was elected in 2014 as senator for the right-wing Democratic Center party led by former President ¡lvaro Uribe and is now among those campaigning against the peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla. / (AFP Photo/Luis Acosta)

: FARC guerrillas wash pots and peel potatoes along a stream at the 10th Guerrilla Conference in the remote Yari plains where the peace accord was in the process of being ratified by the FARC on September 23, 2016 in El Diamante, Colombia. The peace agreement, which was ratified tody by the FARC, attempts to end the 52-year-old guerrilla war between the FARC and the state, the longest-running armed conflict in the Americas which left 220,000 dead. The final agreement is set to be signed on September 26 and will then be put to vote by the public in a referendum on October 2. The plan calls for a disarmament and re-integration of most of the estimated 7,000 FARC fighters. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

: FARC rebels ride on a truck at the 10th Guerrilla Conference in the remote Yari plains where the peace accord was in the process of being ratified by the FARC on September 22, 2016 in El Diamante, Colombia. The peace agreement, which was ratified tody by the FARC, attempts to end the 52-year-old guerrilla war between the FARC and the state, the longest-running armed conflict in the Americas which left 220,000 dead. The final agreement is set to be signed on September 26 and will then be put to vote by the public in a referendum on October 2. The plan calls for a disarmament and re-integration of most of the estimated 7,000 FARC fighters. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

: FARC rebel Wilson poses at the 10th Guerrilla Conference in the remote Yari plains where the peace accord was in the process of being ratified by the FARC on September 23, 2016 in El Diamante, Colombia. The peace agreement, which was ratified tody by the FARC, attempts to end the 52-year-old guerrilla war between the FARC and the state, the longest-running armed conflict in the Americas which left 220,000 dead. The final agreement is set to be signed on September 26 and will then be put to vote by the public in a referendum on October 2. The plan calls for a disarmament and re-integration of most of the estimated 7,000 FARC fighters. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

: FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) rebels build a temporary housing structure at the 10th Guerrilla Conference in the remote Yari plains where the peace accord was in the process of being ratified by the FARC on September 22, 2016 in El Diamante, Colombia. The peace agreement, which was ratified tody by the FARC, attempts to end the 52-year-old guerrilla war between the FARC and the state, the longest-running armed conflict in the Americas which left 220,000 dead. The final agreement is set to be signed on September 26 and will then be put to vote by the public in a referendum on October 2. The plan calls for a disarmament and re-integration of most of the estimated 7,000 FARC fighters. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

: FARC rebels and supporters dance at a concert at the 10th Guerrilla Conference in the remote Yari plains where the peace accord was in the process of being ratified by the FARC on September 21, 2016 in El Diamante, Colombia. The peace agreement attempts to end the 52-year-old guerrilla war between the FARC and the state, the longest-running armed conflict in the Americas which left 220,000 dead. The final agreement is set to be signed on September 26 and will then be put to vote by the public in a referendum on October 2. The plan calls for a disarmament and re-integration of most of the estimated 7,000 FARC fighters. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

: FARC rebels play soccer at the 10th Guerrilla Conference in the remote Yari plains where the peace accord was in the process of being ratified by the FARC on September 22, 2016 in El Diamante, Colombia. The peace agreement, which was ratified tody by the FARC, attempts to end the 52-year-old guerrilla war between the FARC and the state, the longest-running armed conflict in the Americas which left 220,000 dead. The final agreement is set to be signed on September 26 and will then be put to vote by the public in a referendum on October 2. The plan calls for a disarmament and re-integration of most of the estimated 7,000 FARC fighters. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

: FARC guerrillas Willington (2nd L) and Veronica (noms de guerre) kiss while holding their nephew at the 10th Guerrilla Conference in the remote Yari plains where the peace accord was in the process of being ratified on September 22, 2016 in El Diamante, Colombia. The peace agreement attempts to end the 52-year-old guerrilla war between the FARC and the state, the longest-running armed conflict in the Americas which left 220,000 dead. The final agreement is set to be signed on September 26 and will then be put to vote by the public in a referendum on October 2. The plan calls for a disarmament and re-integration of most of the estimated 7,000 FARC fighters. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

: FARC guerrillas and supporters celebrate at a concert at the 10th Guerrilla Conference in the remote Yari plains where the peace accord was in the process of being ratified by the FARC on September 21, 2016 in El Diamante, Colombia. The peace agreement attempts to end the 52-year-old guerrilla war between the FARC and the state, the longest-running armed conflict in the Americas which left 220,000 dead. The final agreement is set to be signed on September 26 and will then be put to vote by the public in a referendum on October 2. The plan calls for a disarmament and re-integration of most of the estimated 7,000 FARC fighters. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

: FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) rebels prepare a meal at the 10th Guerrilla Conference in the remote Yari plains where the peace accord was in the process of being ratified by the FARC on September 23, 2016 in El Diamante, Colombia. The peace agreement, which was ratified tody by the FARC, attempts to end the 52-year-old guerrilla war between the FARC and the state, the longest-running armed conflict in the Americas which left 220,000 dead. The final agreement is set to be signed on September 26 and will then be put to vote by the public in a referendum on October 2. The plan calls for a disarmament and re-integration of most of the estimated 7,000 FARC fighters. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

: Leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, from left to right, Carlos Alonso Lozada, Pablo Catatumbo, Ivan Marquez, Joaquin Gomez, Mauricio Jaramillo,, Pastor Alape and Berturlfo Alvarez, celebrate after announcing that the rebel’s 10th conference ratified a peace deal with the Colombian government, in Yari Plains, Colombia, Friday, Sept. 23, 2016. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

: In this Friday, Sept. 16, 2016 photo, rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) arrive in the Yari Plains in southern Colombia. FARC rebels are gathering for a congress to discuss and vote on a peace accord reached with the Colombian government to end five decades of war. Historically secretive, this congress is the first one open to civilians. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

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