The ballots were almost evenly split with the No vote topping the Yes vote by a mere 0.5 per cent. The result, a kind of Colombian "Brexit" shocked the political system and threw a four-year-old peace process into chaos. Everyone, without exception, wants peace," Santos said. Yet under the peace accords, rebels accused of war crimes could avoid prison by confessing before a special tribunal. But he was wagering that the vote would give the peace accords broader legitimacy.

Source: CBC News October 03, 2016 08:59 UTC