President says of removal of largest rebel group ‘the sooner the better’ ahead of White House visit,as country looks to jog beyond five-decade civil warPresident Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia would like the United States to remove the country’s largest rebel group from its list of terrorist organizations and suspend drug warrants against guerrilla commanders if he seals a peace deal to conclude the country’s five-decade civil war.
In an interview days before a key visit to the White House, Santos said that once a deal is signed it would be appropriate for the Obama administration to strike the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or Farc,from a State Department list of terrorist organizations where it has been included for almost two decades. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com