It seems many voters thought a deal less soft on the FARC was both possible and desirable.
Rumors that the FARC leader and the Colombian president might be jointly awarded a Nobel Peace Prize were not well received.
Colombia does a Brexit with No vote to peace deal
Last Monday, the government and the country’s biggest Marxist guerrilla group Farc formally agreed to end a half-century conflict that has left more than 250,000 people dead.
On Sunday, Colombians voted to reject or ratify the agreement.
They rejected it.
Why Colombians voted against peace with the Farc
It could not have been closer: by a margin of 0.4% the people of Colombia have rejected a peace agreement that would have brought a formal end to 52 years of civil war and allowed the remaining 7,000 fighters of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) to reintegrate into the nation’s life and politics.
With their votes, Colombians have highlighted the country’s profound geographic and political divisions and left Colombia, once again, on the edge of the unknown.
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