In an about face, the government released the draft texts of the three agreements reached thus far with the Farc in Havana, Cuba, in a move to silence critics of the peace process.
The Interior Ministry has signed a series of agreements with Putumayo residents, who have agreed to lift blockades and stop protests that have dogged the region for more than two months. The agreement followed a tentative accord two weeks ago.
An attack that left two oil contractors working on a section of the Coveñas/Caño Limón pipeline dead underscores an alarming increase in attacks not only against the oil industry’s infrastructure, but its workers as well.
The count jumped 12% this week to 46, above recent and long-term averages, but, except for a particularly bad incident, the increase was mostly Armed Forces activity.
The 28th round of talks finished at the end of last week, while a national forum for victims included commentary from Colombians displaced by the conflict and living around the world.
The count increased to 41 this week, above recent and long-term averages, but the story was a direct attack on the electrical substation of a field.
The second group of 12 victims of Colombia’s armed conflict addressed the peace talks in Havana, calling for a bilateral cease fire and that justice, but not revenge, is served.
After nearly two months of protests in Putumayo the government has agreed to form a permanent dialogue with the department in the Puerto Asís in order to find a solution to end the ongoing dispute where oil infrastructure and security is a principal issue.
The count dropped to 37 this week, below recent but above long-term averages, and took the trend line with it but the distribution of incidents was the most unexpected.
A contentious tone fell over the process in the past week as the Farc denied that the process was advancing towards a final stage, and unleashed a flurry of controversy after comments on the victim status of congressional representative Clara Rojas, once a captive of the guerrilla.
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