Colombia Rebels Reject Proposal for Ratifying Peace Agreement

Colombia's leftist FARC rebels on Monday rejected a proposed law under debate in the Andean country's Congress for creating a plebiscite to give the voters final approval over any peace plan. Guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the government of President Juan Manuel Santos are negotiating in Cuba to end Latin America's longest war, which has killed 220,000 people and displaced millions over the last 51 years. "We reject it not only...

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