Cuba: FARC and Colombian govt. sign historic ceasefire in Havana

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and representatives of the Colombian government signed a historic ceasefire agreement in Havana, Thursday, bringing closer a potential end to the decade-long conflict.
After the signing, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and and FARC leader Rodrigo Londono Echeverri, also known under the alias 'Timochenko,' shaked hands. In his speech, Santos declared that "today a new chapter opens, one that brings back peace and allows us to begin to build up scar tissue on our wounds." Timochenko stated that the agreement "will allow us to return to the legal exercise of politics in a peaceful and democratic way."
Cuban President Raul Castro oversaw the ceremony, which was also attended by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
FARC was officially formed in 1964 after a military attack against the farming community of Marquetalia, which drove activists and fighters into hiding in the mountains and isolated rural areas. Negotiations towards ending armed conflict with the Colombian government have been ongoing since the mid-1980s, with official peace talks re-commencing in 2012.