Colombia’s Marxist FARC rebel group will officially launch its new political party on September 1, part of a peace deal with the government under which former guerrilla fighters will serve in congress. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia fought the government for more than half a century, but handed in its weapons as part of a deal negotiated during more than four years of talks in Cuba. “ From September 1 we will be publicly launching our new political movement, ” said FARC secretariat member Carlos Antonio Lozada. The launch will be celebrated at an event outside of Congress in Bogota’s Bolivar Plaza. The accord allows the FARC 10 unelected seats in Congress through 2026 and grants amnesty to the majority of ex-fighters. https://www.rt.com/news/line/