Juan M Santos President of Colombia and Nicolas Rodríguez Bautista ELN Commander

Agreement between the National Government and the National Liberation Army to establish peace talks in Colombia

The government of the Republic of Colombia (National Government) and the National Liberation Army (ELN), hereby known as “the delegations,” as a result of the confidential and exploratory talks, and due to their disposition for peace, have called for the installation of a public talks, to address the points that have been established in the agenda, with the goal of reaching a final agreement to end the armed conflict and agree to transformations to create a Colombia in peace and equality.

Colombia: The Justice Accord: An end to impunity?

The accord dealing with justice signed by the FARC and the Colombian government, last September 23rd was announced amidst great fanfare. Just like the other accords, great joy broke out amongst the NGOs, the government and a part of the press and so called intellectuals. They had completely forgotten that the FARC had said in a communiqué issued in 2014 that they would not bow down to justice. But just like everything said by insurgent organizations in various parts of the world, what they say they won’t do is the clearest indication of what they are thinking of doing. So, we have an agreement on justice.