President Juan Manuel Santos shook up his team with a clear eye on the peace talks in Havana, bringing in the current ambassador to the US Luis Carlos Villegas, who will replace Juan Carlos Pinzón as the Defense Minister. Meanwhile, Pinzón will take Villegas’ place as the US ambassador.
Incident counts were down to 22 as were non-Armed Forces reported incidents but we do not like the qualitative feel of what is happening.
President Juan Manuel Santos facilitated a meeting between the heads of the Farc and ELN, Rodrigo Londoño Echeverry and Nicolás Rodríguez Bautista in Havana that has caused an outcry in congress.
Incident counts were down to 28 but non-Armed Forces reported incidents were up so the decrease was due to less Army reporting.
The Farc attack in mid-April has eroded public support to its lowest point since the start of the peace process in November 2012, a Gallup poll has found.
No agreement can contemplate even a single day of jail for guerrillas Farc spokesman Ricardo Téllez, alias Rodrigo Granda said this week, setting the groundwork for what looks to become a make or break element of the talks.
Incident counts were up significantly at 33 but this was entirely due to increased Armed Forces activity as the graph shows.
USO affiliated workers with oil services firm Weatherford (NYSE:WFT) came to an agreement ending a nearly month long strike.
In Havana, government negotiators and the FARC have returned to negotiations in the 36th round of talks, while Senator Alvaro Uribe has taken a much warmer position on the government’s handling of the peace talks.
Incident counts were stable at 20 and non-Armed Forces reported incidents decreased by one. The ELN and the Farc continue to attack both soft and hard targets testing the government’s limits.
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