The Farc announced a new unilateral truce but only after July 20th. Meantime, the total incident count was down again to 32 but guerrilla-initiated incidents (by our methodology) were flat and the 4-week trend continued up.
The USO said that the arrests of two community leaders in association with protests in the Rubiales field is the latest judicial frame-up by the industry designed to hurt labor union rights in Colombia.
The Resource Center for Conflict Analysis (Cerac) says that June of this year was the most violent month since the peace process begun three years ago.
The Farc announced that it would put in place a new unilateral cease fire for one month, starting on July 20, after an escalation in violence in the weeks following the termination of its prior unilateral cease fire on May 22.
The total incident count was down again to 33 but guerrilla-initiated incidents (by our methodology) were up by 2 and the 4-week trend continued up.
After nearly two months of blockades in Caquetá over an exploration project by Emerald Energy, tensions have elevated the conflict to a new high after riot police cleared protesters by force last week.
The toll of the latest Farc offensive, one with grave environmental consequences, has shown itself in a recent Gallup poll which found that 46% of Colombians support a military-led approach to defeating the Farc, one percentage point above those who favor negotiations.
The total incident count was back up slightly to 35 although guerrilla-initiated incidents (by our methodology) were down by 2 but the 4-week trend continued up.
Attacks on Colombia’s pipeline sit squarely in the center of the guerrilla’s strategy, and in 2014 the 136 registered attacks had an estimated impact of CoP$142.14B (US$55.7M) in repair costs alone, according to a study from the Colombian Chamber of Oil Goods and Services (Campetrol).
The Farc has asked President Juan Manuel Santos to make a truce amidst violence and “silence the weapons” while the two sides establish a bilateral cease-fire.
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