Colombian president in Cuba to advance peace talks with rebels

Colombian president in Cuba to advance peace talks with rebels

Wed Sep 23, 2015 3:41pm EDT


By Nelson Acosta

HAVANA (Reuters) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos arrived in Cuba on Wednesday to announce a breakthrough in peace talks including a provision on what punishment Marxist FARC rebels should face for their role in Latin America's longest war.

The visit marks the first time the president has traveled to Cuba since the Havana negotiations began nearly three years ago.

The event will place Santos in the same room with rebel leader Rodrigo Londono, better known by the nom de guerre Timochenko, in a historic meeting that may point to a coming peace accord.

Rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have fought the Colombian government for 51 years in a conflict that has killed some 220,000 and displaced millions.

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