Colombia: National Liberation
Army announces break of month-long ceasefire
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| A demonstration for peace in Colombia (AFP) |
The National Liberation Army in Colombia, better known as
the ELN, announces it will be resuming its five decades old armed struggle,
after a month long ceasefire, taking account of the Coronavirus.
By James Blears
In a statement the ELN blames the Colombian Government and
more specifically President Ivan Duque, for a lack of a tangible response to
its ceasefire olive branch declaration on March 30th. The truce ends on
Mayday. It says Government representatives showed little or no enthusiasm
for revamping the peace talks, which were taking place in Havana, Cuba.
There`s now an issue of how the ELN negotiators are going to gain safe passage
home.
UN Special Envoy Carlos Ruiz Massieu, is appealing
directly to the ELN, to further extend, rather than scrap the ceasefire,
as a gesture of goodwill. Thus far it's held.
The ELN, which was founded in 1964, is the largest remaining
hostile guerrilla group, still waging war against the Colombian
Government. The larger, more numerous and more powerful Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Colombia...the FARC, signed a peace agreement in 2016, and has
since evolved into a political party.
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