BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's government and Marxist rebels must sign a peace deal to end five decades of war by July to give Congress time to pass the necessary laws, lawmakers including a senior member of President Juan Manuel Santos' party said on Tuesday.
Santos is negotiating peace with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as FARC, Colombia's largest and strongest rebel group, and has said he wants a deal by November.
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