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Weekly Report - 16 July 2015 (WR-15-28)
COLOMBIA: Last chance saloon for peace
President Juan Manuel Santos has come closer than ever before to setting an ultimatum for the peace negotiations between the Colombian government and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) in Cuba to be concluded. The negotiating teams representing both sides issued a joint statement on 12 July designed to restore some public faith in the peace process and allay concerns about it being derailed. Santos promised to respond to the Farc restoration of a unilateral ceasefire on 20 July [WR-15-27] by instructing the military to de-escalate the conflict, but he stressed that he would review the progress made four months from that date and decide then whether to proceed with or abandon the talks.
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