COLOMBIA’S communist rebels will sign an amended peace deal today opposed by red-handed former president Alvaro Uribe.
The final draft of the revised accord was agreed between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) and President Juan Manuel Santos’s government on Tuesday.
The signing ceremony will be held at Bogota’s Colon Theatre.
The disputed election of a far-right president, who is also a US citizen, signals further consolidation of Washington’s regional power and represents a threat to the country’s democracy and sovereignty, writes WT WHITNEY JNR
With Petro, Colombia has been making huge strides towards peace — but is all that at risk with the elections next year? MARK ROWE reports back after joining a delegation to the Latin American country
Colombia’s success in controlling the drug trade should be recognised and its sovereignty respected, argues Dr GLORY SAAVEDRA



