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Weekly Report - 16 October 2014 (WR-14-41)
COLOMBIA: Getting fired up over the peace process
There is no imminent prospect of a bilateral ceasefire in Colombia’s peace process – that is between President Juan Manuel Santos and his predecessor Alvaro Uribe (2002-2010). While the government and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) are inching towards the stage where a bilateral ceasefire could be implemented, the exchange of fire between Santos and Uribe has increased in tempo. Santos does not strictly need Senator Uribe and his Centro Democrático (CD) to be on the same page as far as approving peace-related legislation is concerned as he has sufficient support in congress without them but the constant sniping will not help his cause when it comes to securing the requisite public support for an eventual peace deal.
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