COLOMBIA

President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, met with his Colombian counterpart, Juan Manuel Santos in Puerto Ayacucho (Amazonas state).»

The Colombian government, represented by Vice President Angelino Garzón, and the striking farmers in the region of Catatumbo are expected to talk again this Sunday.»

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) is optimistic about the progress made in the current round of peace talks here with the Colombian government.»

The Nasa Indigenous leader, Feliciano Valencia, was nominated today as presidential pre-candidate for Colombian 2014 elections, by the social movement Pais Comun (Common Country), representing an unitary alternative before the Congress and the presidency of the Republic.»

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) today called for an urgent investigation by humanitarian groups into the massacres and disappearances in that country.»

Peace talks between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) took their second recess today, since beginning negotiations in this capital last week.»

The insurgent Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia-Ejercito del Pueblo (FARC-EP) ordered an unilateral ceasefire, to facilitate the peace talks with their country’s government that began on Monday in Havana.»

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) announced today in this capital a unilateral ceasefire starting tomorrow, until January 20, 2013.»

In memory of the late cuban singer Polo Montañez, his band will carry out a tour in 2013 to Colombia. Polo had a lot of fans in Colombia where he worked for several months, Amauri Ramos now leader of the band, told Prensa Latina.»

President Juan Manuel Santos said today that time is “perfect, astral”, to carry out the peace process begun by the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC), which could be concluded in the coming six to eight months.»