Colombians narrowly reject peace deal with the FARC

Colombians narrowly reject peace deal with the FARC 02:15

(CNN)Colombians narrowly rejected a referendum on Sunday on a peace deal between the government and former rebel group FARC that took over four years to negotiate and would have ended five decades of war.

In a final result few were anticipating, 50.22% of voters voted "no" on the single-issue ballot, a blow to President Juan Manuel Santos, whose popularity has suffered in his support of the deal.Also known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC leadership released a statement expressing sadness at the vote."With today's result, we know that our goal as a political movement is even more grand and strong. The FARC maintains the will of peace and reiterates its disposition to only use words as a weapon for constructing the future," the statement said.

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