The Colombian Senate has approved the country’s revised peace accord with the FARC.<br /><br /> The initial agreement with the rebel group was rejected in a national referendum in October.<br /><br /> #PlenariaSenado aprueba con 75 votos a favor 0 en contra proposición para refrendar #NuevoAcuerdoDePaz con FARC_EPueblo— Senado Colombia (SenadoGovCo) November 30, 2016<br /><br /> What has changed?<br /><br /> President Juan Manuel Santos says the new deal includes changes demanded by those who rejected the initial plan.<br /><br /> The referendum’s “No” campaign, led by former President Alvaro Uribe, said the revised deal was too lenient on FARC members.<br /><br /> What happens now?<br /><br /> The revised agreement will go to the lower house of Congress for approval.<br /><br /> The background<br /><br /> The peace agreement with the FARC is aimed at ending five decades of armed conflict.<br /><br /> More than 260,000 have been killed and millions internally displaced by the fighting.<br /><br /> Four years of talks in the Cuban capital, Havana, ended with agreement between the two sides earlier this year.<br /><br /> A minute’s silence<br /><br /> Senators observed a minute’s silence before the session for the victims of the plane crash near the city of Medellin on Monday.<br />
