Colombia: As Colombia Peace Talks Advance, War Widows, Ex-Fighters Clear Landmines One at a Time

Jul 12, 2016 | Anastasia Moloney, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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In the surrounding rolling countryside guns have fallen silent and the bombing raids have stopped following a bilateral ceasefire signed in June between the government and rebels. This brings Colombia ever closer to signing a full peace accord to end half a century of war and Latin America's longest-running insurgency. A final deal is expected within weeks. But as Colombia emerges from decades of war, the enemy remains - in the form of landmines that lurk beneath the soil.