“Colombia demands proof that their will for peace is real. We do not want more rhetoric” was the emphatic call this week of President Juan Manuel Santos a week after a guerrilla attack left 11 soldiers dead, while critics call for a halt to negotiations.
Incident counts went up again this week to 20 and non-Armed Forces reported incidents rose for the third straight week. More importantly, President Juan Manuel Santos reversed the decision to stop bombardments.
After a Farc attack on an army patrol left 11 dead, President Juan Manuel Santos ordered the armed forces to resume their attacks and operations against the guerrilla.
The ELN guerrilla says that it needs funds to sustain its fight for its cause, and what better place to get them than multinational oil companies, which its commander says are merely looting the resources of common Colombians.
Incident counts went up this week to 19 but it was still the second lowest week in 2015. Armed Forces reported incidents doubled and non-Armed Forces were just below normal.
After three weeks of blockades and protests from the El Morro community, which has led the the halt of operations at Equion’s Floreña well and facilities, community leaders have sat down with the firm and submitted eight demands that they are looking to see fulfilled.
President Santos insisted that although ending the armed conflict through dialog is his priority, if the Farc is being brutish, he will end negotiations, while countering criticisms from the outspoken Inspector General Alejandro Ordóñez.
Incident counts went down significantly this week to 11 and it is entirely due to our lowest recording of Armed Forces activity since we started this study in 1Q12.
Incident counts went down again this week to 20 and our indicator of guerrilla-initiated activity is at its lowest since early January.
While de-mining operations have started in parts of the country, the Farc said that there are plenty of unresolved issues in Havana so will not de-mine parts of the jungle as a way to protect their strongholds.
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