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Being December, this month normally has diminished expectations for progress on any issue. Traditionally, the political and judicial branches shut down around the 15^th and nothing much happens until after “Reyes” the holiday corresponding to the Epiphany in Anglo-Saxon countries and which Colombia celebrates on the Monday closest to January 6^th. On December 12^th, the government and the ELN released a brief press release with limited, mostly procedural, agreements and shut down for the holidays. Then things really started to happen.