| COLOMBIA: TALKS ENDED; TROOPS AMASSED |
Feb 21 2002 |
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Demilitarized Zone
President Andr�s Pastrana announced yesterday the end of peace
talks with the FARC revolutionary armies and the beginning of a military
operation in the Cagu�n area. The so called "Tanatos" (death) operation
has mobilized 13000 Colombian army soldiers. Massive aerial bombardments
are being carried out by planes and helipcopters provided by the United
States government and manufactured in places like Sikorski in Connecticut,
USA to help with the "war on drugs".
With this operation the Colombian government shows that it no longer
recognizes the demilitarized zone and FARC spokespersons as legitamate
political representatives. In January, a very important meeting between
the government and the FARC pointed to an enduring peace agreement.
However, this process has had a backward slide following a rise in the
polls for right-wing presidential candidate Alvaro Uribe and the
kidnapping of a member of the senate committee for peace, senator Eduardo
Gechem Turbay. The FARC denies any part in the kidnapping.
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