Colombia: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) announce indefinite unilateral ceasefire, but under conditions
Colombia’s largest rebel group, the FARC, on Wednesday declared an indefinite ceasefire, an unprecedented concession to public pressure and opponents to ongoing peace talks with the country’s government.
FARC peace delegation leader “Ivan Marquez” announced the ceasefire from Cuba, where a rebel delegation have been meeting with government delegates since November 2012 to negotiate their way out of 50 years of bloody armed conflict.
The day before, a delegation of victims had asked the government and the FARC to both declare a ceasefire.
The FARC ceasefire will take effect on Saturday and will end “only if it is found that our guerrilla structures have been attacked by the security forces.”