Monday, September 26, 2016 LatAm leaders unite for FARC signingSantos wins backing from both left and right; Macri, Malcorra and Massa head to ColombiaLatin American leaders will put aside recent spats, diplomatic outbursts and disagreements today to briefly unite in Colombia, where they will offer President Juan Manuel Santos their full support for his historic peace deal with guerrillas from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). While a meeting between Macri and Massa wasn’t anticipated, there is a possibility that the two leaders will run into each other. The 200 Guerrilla delegates had voted to unanimously approve the peace deal during the conference in their final meeting as a guerrilla army. PlebisciteAfter the signing of the peace accord, it will be submitted to a popular vote in a plebiscite that is scheduled to take place on October 2. Although FARC leaders haven’t revealed what the new party’s platform will be, most experts predict it will be based on a Marxist political philosophy.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald September 26, 2016 02:37 UTC