Under no circumstances should this transaction be permitted to go forward without the most rigorous and critical of reviews.

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They pass it through a tumbler of those critical questions, inject historical perspective, analysis and rigorous fact-checking.

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But rigorous implementation of the law by a determined judiciary, backed up by a critical media and outside aid and verification, just might mean that Colombia becomes a more peaceful place.

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