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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