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US Delegation to Attend Colombia’s Petro Inauguration

COLOMBIA
  • The US said in a White House press release that Samantha Power, Administrator for the US Agency for International Development, will lead President Joe Biden’s delegation to attend the inauguration of Gustavo Petro as President of Colombia on August 7.
  • A bloc of armed rebels who did not accept a 2016 peace agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC guerilla group has proposed a ceasefire to president-elect Gustavo Petro, according to a letter released Wednesday.
    • In the document, the guerrillas propose to create, "in mutual agreement" with the incoming government, a "climate conducive to a bilateral ceasefire agreement."
    • The agreement would make it possible to find "a political solution to the violence," according to the rebels. (AFP)

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