Another round of talks started in Cuba this week , and the Farc turned heads by admitting that they too have been responsible for cruelty and created victims due to the group’s actions. In Colombia, national strikes took center stage.
A national strike led primarily by agro-workers has left around 16 highways with blockades and closed to traffic. Other sectors, such as truckers and health workers, joined the strike, which is set to continue indefinitely.
Incidents near areas of interest to the oil and gas industry were back up this week to 20 but that is still well below recent and long-term averages. This was an above average week for non-armed forces reported/guerrilla-initiated incidents. This dropped our 4-week Moving Average incident count up to 22.8 and the 52 week average dropped as well to 37.9 incidents per week.
The latest round of peace talks in Havana came to an end last Saturday, giving pause before the next round starts on August 19th. The role of the media and guarantees to the political opposition have been central themes in talks, which are on the second of five established agenda issues.
At 13, this was the second lowest week we have had since we started collecting statistics at the beginning of 2Q12. This was an above average week for non-armed forces reported/guerrilla-initiated incidents. That dropped our 4-week Moving Average incident count down to 23.3 but the 52 week average was essentially stable at 38.5 incidents per week.
This week saw little new material or events in relation to the ongoing peace talks in Havana, as both Santos and the Farc continued to repeat their stance while little official communication comes out of the talks in Cuba.
The count went up again to 30 right at the recent average but still below the long-term average of nearly 40. This was a below average week for non-armed forces reported/guerrilla-initiated incidents. Our 4-week Moving Average incident count was up to 25.8 but the 52 week average was stable at 38.6 incidents per week.
The 12th round of peace talks started in Habana this Monday, July 28th as government and Farc representatives look to advance on the second point of the peace agenda, political participation.
The Bicentennial Pipeline (OBC) will alter the route of the second phase of the project in search of better security conditions, as well as considering geographical, environmental and logical issues.
The count went up to 28, the first rise in a month but still below recent and long-term averages. This was a below average week for non-armed forces reported/guerrilla-initiated incidents. Our 4-week Moving Average incident count was up to 24.0 incidents (breaking a streak of 9 straight declines) but the 52 week average was essentially stable at 38.6 incidents per week.
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