Colombia: FARC to Relaunch Unilateral Ceasefire

2015-07-08 0

In a major development with positive implications for the country's peace process, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) announced that as of July 20 it would implement a unilateral ceasefire. The recent escalation of the conflict had complicated the peace talks and the rebel's ceasefire offer is seen as an important good-will gesture. Social organizations and the FARC are pressing the government for a bilateral ceasefire. Natalia Margarita reports from Bogota. teleSUR