Weekly Report - 24 October 2006

His confidence seemed misplaced and so it turned out. Earlier this month Alvaro Leyva, a mediator between the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) and the government, said he expected the 58 hostages held by the Farc to be back in their homes within two months. On 20 October President Alvaro Uribe attributed a car bomb in the heart of the military complex in Bogotá to the Farc and ordered the military to mount a rescue attempt for the hostages.