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COLOMBIA’S communist former rebels will form a “grand front” for peace in next year’s presidential elections, guerilla leader Timochenko has said.
His comments came before tomorrow’s resumption of the long-stalled peace talks with Colombia’s second-largest rebel army, the National Liberation Army (ELN), in Ecuador’s capital Quito.
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) commander Rodrigo Londono, better known by his nom-deguerre Timoleon “Timochenko” Jimenez, made his comments in an interview with Argentinian magazine Crisis.
The disputed election of a far-right president, who is also a US citizen, signals further consolidation of Washington’s regional power and represents a threat to the country’s democracy and sovereignty, writes WT WHITNEY JNR
ENRIQUE SANTIAGO ROMERO says the Colombian far-right’s election victory is deeply suspect — and the United States has its fingerprints all over it
With Petro, Colombia has been making huge strides towards peace — but is all that at risk with the elections next year? MARK ROWE reports back after joining a delegation to the Latin American country
Colombia’s success in controlling the drug trade should be recognised and its sovereignty respected, argues Dr GLORY SAAVEDRA