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Weekly Report - 03 July 2014 (WR-14-26)
COLOMBIA: ELN takes gloss off ‘Third Way’ summit
A group of former world leaders, including former US president Bill Clinton (1993-2001) and former British prime minister Tony Blair (1997-2007), gathered for a much-trumpeted ‘Third Way’ summit on 1 July in the Caribbean port city of Cartagena where they signed a declaration throwing their full weight behind the peace process being pursued by President Juan Manuel Santos to end Colombia’s longstanding armed conflict. In the run-up to the summit, however, Colombia’s second guerrilla group, Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN), served notice of the challenge that still lies ahead for Santos.
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