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Colombia’s peace talks

To the edge and back again

A hiccup serves to confirm that the government and the FARC are making progress

THOSE who have dealt with the FARC say that for Colombia’s veteran guerrilla movement time is different than for the rest of humanity. Founded in 1966, they have long outlasted the end of the cold war. They are said to think in decades rather than months. But times change, even for the FARC. After nine months of talks with the government of President Juan Manuel Santos, the guerrillas are closer to a peace deal than ever before. In a backhanded way, that seemed to be confirmed this month by a FARC walkout from the negotiations—only for them to return three days later.

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