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Peace Process Week of December 16: Last round starts amidst Christmas ceasefire

Peace talks between the Farc and Colombian government restarted Tuesday in Havana, Cuba, kicking off the 18th round of negotiations and the last of 2013. Talk continues to revolve around the illegal drug trade. Meanwhile in Colombia a unilateral truce has gone into effect.

Thursday, December 19th, 2013
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Non-Armed-Forces reported incidents on a (slight) rise

Non-Armed-Forces reported incidents on a (slight) rise

If it feels like the guerrilla have been more active (despite the Farc’s recent announcement of a truce) that is the reality. The graph shows our proxy for guerrilla activity: incidents not reported by the Armed Forces.

Thursday, December 12th, 2013
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Peace Process week of December 9: Farc declare unilateral cease fire for Christmas (sort of)

Just a day after a devastating attack on a police station in Inzá, Cauca that left eight dead, the Farc announced in Havana, Cuba a unilateral ceasefire for 30 days starting December 15, but said that more attacks could come before it goes into effect.

Thursday, December 12th, 2013
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A Christmas Truce?

A Christmas Truce?

Incidents near areas of interest to the oil and gas industry were down 7% this week at 26 below recent and long-term averages. Non-Armed Forces incidents were about double the long-term average. This is our indicator of increased guerrilla-initiated activity. Correspondingly, our 4-week Moving Average incident count was down to 26.0 and the 52 week average was down at 32.6 incidents per week.

Sunday, December 8th, 2013
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Peace Process week of December 2: Farc calls for US, EU participation in drug talks

This week the topic of the illegal drug trade continues to dominate the discussion in Habana, Cuba, with the Farc calling for legal coca, decriminalized drug use and participation of the US and European authorities in the discussion.

Thursday, December 5th, 2013
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Army takes to the streets in Arauca to improve security

After a swell in security incidents in recent months in Arauca the Colombian Army has deployed a tactical unit to maintain order and guarantee mobility within the department.

Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
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Meta Gov rejects royalty OCADs as centralism

The Meta governor Alan Jara rejected the work pace of the OCAD entities, those which oversee, approve and pay for projects involving royalty funds, and accused them as being not more than a centrist tool to administer the funds.

Monday, December 2nd, 2013
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Did the generals get a call from Javier Gutierrez?

Did the generals get a call from Javier Gutierrez?

Incidents near areas of interest to the oil and gas industry were up 12% this week at 28 but still below recent and long-term averages. Non-Armed Forces incidents were slightly above the long-term average. This is our indicator of increased guerrilla-initiated activity. Correspondingly, our 4-week Moving Average incident count was down to 29.0 and the 52 week average was down at 32.9 incidents per week.

Sunday, December 1st, 2013
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Peace Summary week of November 25: Let’s talk about drugs

This week the discussion of the illegal drug trade, the third agenda point in the roundtable in Havana got off to the start, with the Farc arguing that the problem is not the coca crops, it’s the cocaine trade.

Thursday, November 28th, 2013
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Casanare launches police unit to support oil industry

Casanare has become the eighth department to receive a special investigative unit, called the Structure of Support (EDA), which will focus on criminal cases involving the oil industry and its infrastructure.

Wednesday, November 27th, 2013
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