Gustavo Petro would restart dialogue with the ELN in #Havana


The elected president of #Colombia, Gustavo Petro, affirmed that he had spoken with the Cuban ambassador, Javier Caamaño, about the restart of the suspended protocol, for the peace talks with the National Liberation Army (ELN).

11 people who were kidnapped by the ELN since July 13 and who would be handed over in the coming days, two on July 28, in a car accident near Tame, Arauca #Colombia

Car bomb in Popayán, Cúcuta, was deactivated , a person captured #Colombia

Military base in Santander de Quilichao, Cauca, #Colombia under attack

Massacre in Barbacoas - Nariño four individuals murdered in a pool hall in the village of Altaquer, rural area of Barbacoas, July 31, 2022. #Colombia

In the municipality of Jamundí, Valle del Cauca, #Colombia there was an attack against a police patrol, in the Las Veraneras sector. Preliminary information indicates that two soldiers were injured.

More footage of the massacre in Nariño, #Colombia, (Sunday, July 31, 2022) that left 4 dead.

According to the authorities, it would be a heavily armed ELN group, who arrived at the scene and attacked those present. (Drug deal)

Colombian cartel Gulf Clan announces unilateral ceasefire

The criminal group expressed its "good will" to join the talks proposed by the new Colombian president Gustavo Petro.
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#Venezuela and #Colombia, which broke relations in 2019 because of the Venezuelan puppet Juan Guaidó, appointed ambassadors: Maduro sent former foreign minister Félix Plasencia to Bogotá, and the newly appointed Colombian president Gustavo Petro sent former congressman Armando Bendetti to Caracas.

#Colombia's Ombudsman Reports 122 Social Leaders Murdered so far in 2022

The figures indicate an increase compared to the same period in 2020 and 2021, when 106 and 90 homicides were recorded, respectively.

The Colombian Ombudsman's Office reported this Friday that, between January 1 and July 31, 2022, 122 social leaders and human rights defenders (HR) were murdered in that country.

Another assassination attempt magnice in #Colombia an explosive near a Gustavo Petro event in Ituango was deactivated in a controlled manner
The president presided over the Unified Command Post for Life, north of Antioquia, where he proposed a "multilateral ceasefire" to the armed groups.

The new ambassador of #Venezuela in #Colombia took a consulate in ruins
The diplomatic HQ in the north of #Bogotá has suffered an evident deterioration during years of abandonment since the two countries broke relations in 2019

#Colombia confirms that FARC dissident Iván Márquez is "alive" and intends to join the peace talks

The High Commissioner for Peace, Danilo Rueda, revealed that the head of the dissidence known as Second Marquetalia is between "sick" and "convalescent."

The Colombian government confirmed that Iván Márquez, head of a dissidence of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) known as the Second Marquetalia, is "alive" and intends to join the negotiations proposed by President Gustavo Petro to reach the call "total peace" in the South American country.
In an interview on Channel One, Colombia's High Commissioner for Peace, Danilo Rueda, said that Márquez is between "sick" and "convalescent," according to what they have been informed.

At least 10 armed groups initiated a unilateral ceasefire in #Colombia

This was revealed by the Commissioner for Peace, Danilo Rueda.

Ex-FARC dissidents meet with ceasefire

Ten armed groups from #Colombia recently announced a unilateral ceasefire

Dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of #Colombia (FARC) leader, Luciano Marín Arango, alias Iván Márquez, is "alive" and "lucid", confirmed the High Commissioner for Peace, Danilo Rueda, who also pointed out that he sees disposition on open a dialogue with the Government of President Gustavo Petro.

"It was a few days ago and I saw it lucidly. All this is an exploration phase and we cannot say that there is a table (of negotiations). We are in mutual verification of wills. He is conscious, he is alive," he assured this Wednesday in an interview with the local BluRadio about the meeting with the guerrilla leader.

Rumors about his death began to circulate last June after an alleged attack, something that the insurgent group denied shortly after.

61 votes in favor and 13 down on, #Colombia Senate approved this Monday the law of 'total peace', promoted by the Government of President Gustavo Petro.

The 'total peace' regulation, also 181, reforms the Public Order Law in force since 1997, better known as Law 418. This new law allows the establishment of State policy so that future governments cannot change the agreements that are signed.

#Colombia senate knocked down 39 votes in favor and 37 against, draft article of the Law of Public Order or Total Peace, which sought to change the compulsory military service for a social service for peace.