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Colombia: Signed peace deal ‘just the first step’
Farc leader Timochenko working for end of civil war

COLOMBIAN communist guerilla leader Timochenko said the new accord signed by his movement and the government on Thursday was just the first step towards peace.

Rodrigo Londono, known by his nom de guerre Timoleon Jimenez or just Timochenko, spoke following the signing of the revised peace accord at Bogota’s Colon Theatre.

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) commander and President Juan Manuel Santos signed the agreement with a special pen made from a rifle cartridge.

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