End of preview - This article contains approximately 1060 words.
Subscribers: Log in now to read the full article
Not a Subscriber?
Choose from one of the following options
Back
Weekly Report - 13 July 2023 (WR-23-28)
COLOMBIA: Peace talks with dissident Farc back on
The bilateral ceasefire agreement between Colombia’s government and the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) guerrilla group got off to a shaky start, with the ELN carrying out a high-profile kidnapping and launching a so-called ‘armed strike’ shortly before both sides declared a cessation of hostilities on 6 July. The ELN now appears to be de-escalating, and President Gustavo Petro’s ‘total peace’ initiative received a further boost on 8 July with the announcement that the Estado Mayor Central (EMC), the largest grouping of dissident units of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) guerrilla group, had agreed to enter peace negotiations.
- Democracy at breaking point
- VENEZUELA: Opposition battling to compete
- COLOMBIA: Peace talks with dissident Farc back on
- ECUADOR: Yasuní contracts for sale ahead of landmark referendum
- PERU: Government under fire for meeting extremist group
- BRAZIL: Lula’s commitment to Amazon protection
- BRAZIL: Amended tax reform bill passes lower chamber
- MEXICO: Opposition presents presidential candidate shortlist
- MEXICO: Trouble in Guerrero
- NICARAGUA: Ortega fails again to expel prominent critic
- SURINAME-REGION: Boosting energy ties
- HONDURAS: Launching FTA talks with China
- Milei fighting for political survival in Argentina
- Quotes of the week