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Yeah, last "war" ended since no one declare wars anymore. Just look at Russian annexation of Crimea with the armed forces of "noname" country.

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The funny thing is that until the peace process began nobody had ever called it a war in Colombia. It was just referred to as an internal conflict or a violence or guerilla problem. I guess the first part of solving it was recognizing that it was actually an internal war.

FYI, Crimea's not in the western hemisphere.

I think jedmeyers' point was that it's possible to have conflicts without it officially being designated a war - and he/she was holding Crimea as an example of such. There's still rebel paramilitaries in Southern Mexico who have declared war against the state (e.g. Zapatista Army of National Liberation) - but it's not "officially" a war (whatever that means)

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No. The EZLN (Zapatista Army) surrendered in 1994 and in 1996 there was signed a Peace Accord with them.

The conflict in Colombia isn't ended yet though, the ELN hasn't signed the cease-fire.

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