哥伦比亚政府和一个全国游击队组织将于星期一签署一项最终和平协议，从而结束了西半球持续时间最长的反叛运动。
美国政府一位高级官员形容说：“这意味着最初受古巴和前苏联意识形态影响对西半球民主体制发动的最后一场全面游击战就此结束。”
哥伦比亚政府与“哥伦比亚革命军”之间的冲突，被认为造成了逾25万人丧生，至少5百万人流离失所。哥伦比亚革命军资金的主要来源是非法的可卡因产业。
16个国家的首脑以及20多个国家的外长，包括美国国务卿克里，预计将参加在加勒比海港口城市卡塔赫纳会议中心举行的签字仪式。这个城市始建于16世纪。
A final peace agreement between Colombia's government and a national guerilla movement is to be signed Monday, bringing to an end the longest-running insurgency in the Western hemisphere.
“It's the end of the last full-blown guerrilla warfare inspired originally by Cuban and Soviet ideology against democratic institutions in this hemisphere,” is how it is characterized by a senior U.S. administration official.
The conflict between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), whose funding was primarily derived from the country's illicit cocaine industry, is blamed for leaving dead more than 250,000 people and displacing at least five million.
Sixteen heads of state and two dozen foreign ministers, including U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, are expected to attend the signing ceremony at the convention center in the Caribbean port city of Cartagena, founded in the 16th century.
