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Security & Strategic Review - June 2015 (ISSN 1741-4202)
COLOMBIA: The first month after the ceasefire was lifted
A surge of armed action was only to be expected when the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) lifted on 22 May the unilateral ceasefire it had declared five months earlier. The unknown factors were the nature and intensity of that surge and the manner in which the government would respond to it. As it turned out, the guerrillas concentrated on acts of sabotage, with few direct engagements with the military, and the military continued with their focus on locating and raiding the Farc’s stores of weapons and ammunition. As a result the casualties inflicted on the government forces have been relatively low, but the economic cost has been high.
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