Poll: Just 40 Percent of Colombians to Participate in Peace Vote

Only 40 percent of Colombians will participate in a vote on whether or not to approve a peace deal with the leftist FARC rebels, a Gallup poll showed Thursday, as negotiations to end more than 50 years of war drew to a close. The government of President Juan Manuel Santos and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have been in peace talks for nearly four years, and recently signed a historic cease-fire deal considered the penultimate step to a final accord. Santos, who has...

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