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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.
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
Alvaro Uribe is found guilty of witness tampering and procedural fraud, reports NICK MACWILLIAM