May 6, 2024

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Colombia Changes If We All Change (Special Coverage) • Workers

Colombia Changes If We All Change (Special Coverage) • Workers

Petro refuses to include Cuba on the US terrorism list

The President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, described Cuba’s inclusion in the list of state sponsors of terrorism, which the United States insists on maintaining, as an act of deep injustice that must be redressed.

The National Liberation Army and the Government of Colombia agree to a cease-fire in Cuba

Negotiators from the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN) of Cuba agreed to a bilateral ceasefire during the third round of peace talks that concluded Friday in Havana in the presence of Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and his Colombian counterpart. Gustavo Petro.

Diaz-Canel and Petro at the conclusion of peace talks in Colombia

Miguel Diaz-Canel, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, on Friday attended the closing of the third round of peace talks in Colombia, with the President of that South American country, Gustavo. Petro, and Commander Antonio García, Commander of the National Liberation Army (ELN).

Photo: PL

In the El Laguito protocol room, in this capital, what is considered a historic day for Colombia is taking place, as a ceasefire will be agreed upon for the first time after 36 days of negotiations between the two parties.

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The Cuban Conventions and their Protocols, which will be signed today, also refer to society’s participation in the peacebuilding process, humanitarian actions and dynamics.

I will sign a paper that can mean the beginning without retreat of an era of peace for this country, Pietro said in Bogota before a massive and popular rally held on Wednesday.

Photo: PL

And Diaz-Canel confirmed, in his official Twitter profile, that progress continues on the path to peace in Colombia, by sharing a message from his Colombian counterpart, announcing his trip to Havana and welcoming him to Cuba.

They are accompanied by Petro Alvaro Leyva, Minister of External Relations. Carlos Ramón González Mercán, Director of the Administrative Department of the Presidency, and Senator María José Pizarro, Member of the Negotiating Team of the National Government.

Photo: Miles Diaz

The talks included Brazil, Cuba, Chile, Mexico, Norway and Venezuela as guarantors. while the companions of Spain, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland; The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Episcopal Conference of Colombia participate on a regular basis.

Together with the local and foreign press accredited in Havana, there are in this capital the representatives of about twenty media outlets from the South American country, with the aim of covering the long-awaited news: the signing of a ceasefire between the government and the combatants, the National Liberation Army.

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Photo: Miles Diaz

(with information from ACN and PL)