2013-01-21 08:08:56

FARC ceasefire at end


(Vatican Radio) The ceasefire that Colombia's principal guerrilla army declared two months ago, has ended. The ceasefire, which was announced by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia- the FARC, at the beginning of the peace talks, has afforded a guaranteed period of calm into which negotiations sat. Round three is already well underway in Cuba. More attacks and outrages, could affect that process which is moving slowly. The Government's Chief Negotiatior Humberto de la Calle has warned that this process is not indefinite and that progress does have to be made. Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos has announced that the FARC must not resume its attacks. The FARC's Chief peace negotiator Ivan Marquez says that it's a painful step to return to this stage, but has not commented further. The conflict, which is the longest in the region, has been dragging on since 1964. In all this time, more than 600,000 people have been killed and millions displaced from their homes. Listen to this report from regional corresondent James Blears: RealAudioMP3








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