Truemors
Caracas, Venezuela, 12 June 2008. In an article published by Anncol, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rejected the proposal made by Venezuelan President on Sunday asking for the unconditional release of hostages. FARC stated it continued to ask for the release of its own prisoners in Colombian and American jails in exchange of the hostages.
According to the article, FARC distanced itself from suggestions made by Chavez over their continuing struggle and the peace process in Colombia. FARC remembered its willingness to participate in previous peace dialogues like those held in Tlaxcala (1991-1992) and Caracas (1991) and Caguan. However, it noted the the Colombian oligarchy was not interested in bringing peace at all. It was them-as enemies- that determined the kind of struggle in Colombia; it is an armed conflict.
Commenting over the suggestion made by Chavez that a revolutionary armed struggle was outdated in Latin America, FARC stated it was a very personal and respectable view of the Venezuelan President. However, FARC would not cry over it. In addition, FARC recalled how a previous attempt to include itself into the political life in the mid eighties through a left-wing political party-Patriotic Union- ended tragically. The Patriotic Union disappeared by 2002 after five thousand of its members were systematically killed by the Colombian rightist oligarchy, drig traffickers and paramilitaries.
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Sources: Anncol, RCN, Globovision, Medios para la Paz,
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