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Weekly Report - 21 September 2023 (WR-23-38)
COLOMBIA: Dissident Farc signs ceasefire accord
For the second time in nine months, Colombia’s government has reached a bilateral ceasefire agreement with the Estado Mayor Central (EMC) – the largest alliance of dissident units of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc). There are indications that this second ceasefire will achieve more than its ill-fated first iteration, but serious challenges remain if President Gustavo Petro’s government is to secure the EMC’s demobilisation. The success or failure of peace talks, which will begin on 8 October, will be read as a verdict on Petro’s ambitious ‘total peace’ plan.
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