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Weekly Report - 28 May 2015 (WR-15-21)
COLOMBIA: Bomb blasts shake peace talks
President Juan Manuel Santos made a series of significant gestures to the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) over the last week with a view to expediting the peace talks in Cuba, but they had nothing like the impact of a series of military bombing raids, which have claimed the lives of some 40 guerrillas. The Farc promptly abandoned the indefinite unilateral ceasefire it declared last December. While the guerrillas stressed their continued commitment to the peace process, if their likely retaliation claims anything like as many military casualties, the Santos administration would be compelled to suspend the talks.
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