Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
There was joy on the streets of Bogota on Thursday, as people hugged and sang the national anthem in the Colombian capital
The reason?
After 52 years, there's an end to the ongoing conflict between the Colombian government and FARC -- the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
An agreement between the two sides was signed in Havana, Cuba in a process three years in the making.
But with over 200,000 killed in fifty years of fighting, will this truly spark a new era of peace for the region?
Cynthia J. Arnson is director of the Latin American program at Wilson Center and speaks with A Martinez.
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