The death of Colombian rebel leader Manuel "Sureshot" Marulanda, following a series of major setbacks to his Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), could mark the beginning of the end of Latin America's longest and bloodiest civil war.

At last, the Colombian people may realize the peace and security they have craved for more than four decades. And they have done it by refusing to capitulate to the drug-trafficking guerrillas whose terrorist attacks repeatedly drove Co ...

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