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Colombia and Peace

Jonny Dymond is in Colombia to debate peace and the legacy of violence with some of the key voices in this historic moment.

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Questions comes to Bogota, Colombia, as the country seeks a recipe for peace and an end to one of the world's longest running conflicts.

President Juan Manuel Santos has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace, but the people rejected his deal with the leader of The Farc in a referendum. A new deal has been signed, but will it have legitimacy without a second referendum?

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Questions, staged with the British Council at Bogota's Luis Angel Arango Concert Hall, provides an opportunity to discuss the future for Colombia at this key moment in its history.

Featuring a distinguished panel of guests including Sergio Jaramillo, Colombia's High Commissioner for Peace; Senator Ivan Duque, of the Movement Democratic Centre; Mariela Kohon, Director of Justice for Colombia and Advisor to the Peace Delegation of The Farc; and Dr MarΓ­a Emma Wills ObregΓ³n, who leads the Department of Gender and Women at Colombia's Historical Memory Commission.

(Picture: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos (L) and the head of the Farc guerrilla Timoleon Jimenez, aka Timochenko (R), with Cuban President Raul Castro (C) holding their handshake. Credit: Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images)

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50 minutes

Last on

Sun 11 Dec 2016 23:06GMT

The British Council

World Questions were staged in partnership with the British Council to allow the public to question their politicians face-to-face.Β .

Broadcasts

  • Sat 10 Dec 2016 20:06GMT
  • Sun 11 Dec 2016 12:06GMT
  • Sun 11 Dec 2016 23:06GMT