The Colombian left is concerned yet cautiously optimistic on prospects for a peace settlement that would end the country's five decade armed conflict. Clara Lopez Obregon, former presidential candidate of the left-wing Democratic Pole, urged both sides -the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)- to make a greater effort to deescalate the conflict and reach agreement on the remaining two points in the common agenda of the peace talks, transitional justice and a definitive settlement. teleSUR
