FARC want a process

facts not spin

Yesterday 23rd of July, in a TV interview "Raul Reyes" a recognised spokesperson of the FARC organisation declared they were ready to negotiate with Colombian president Uribe.

"Raul Reyes" real name is Luis Eduardo Devia & his statements to be broadcast by Telesur (the first South American continental network set up last year) were relayed to Colombian & other media organisations around lunch time Bogota time. & they've gone through the usual verification procedures.

The "offer" spins many ways :-

* Opening of a Negotiation process would have to follow the demilitarisation of both Caquetá and Putumayo provinces.

* the suspension of Colombian state military actions under "plan patriot" (which counts on largescale US involvement)

* an exchange of hostages & missing people (total 60) fnord, for FARC "POW's". (there are roughly 5,000 such people in Colombian jails)

* Raul Reyes also emphasised that the Colombian state must recognise a state of "internal conflict" [sic]*

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President Uribe recently won a second term with a landslide victory based on only 35% of the known and registered enfranchised population.