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‘First they brought two helicopters, after they landed two more, unloaded troops and went away. But it was listened that they launched two bombs there down in Santa Rosa, a place near here. It was morning when they began the fights and at the lunch time they still on it. Three persons of the community sat outside their house taking lunch. The army came shooting, the three young men ran and took refuge in the kitchen, they closed the door, but three soldiers went behind them and shot to the kitchen’s door. One of the soldiers kicked the door and said: Shit! The fucked! The three brothers remained there, together, dead.’
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The proposal of the FARC guerrilla to the Union of South American Nations, UNASUR, to offer a dialog of peace was rejected by president Juan Manuel Santos. The communication of the insurgent group was published by Annacol, the official website of the armed group, where it is said that the Colombian government ‘closed any door to dialogue with the insurgency spurred on by the mirage of a military victory and Washington’s interference.’ Santos answered that the government wants that the guerrilla releases the hostages. The president said also that there is not the need of mediators.
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The president of the Colombian Congress, Armando Benedetti, visited Venezuela with the intention to improve the diplomatic and political relations after the meeting of presidents Hugo Chávez and Juan Manuel Santos. Benedetti evaluated his meetings as positive. President Chávez reiterated his compromise of fighting terrorism and the respect for the sovereignty of the countries, said the senator.
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Authorities, politicians, journalists and many others are analyzing now in Colombia who could be behind the terrorist attack against Caracol Radio in Bogotá this week. Sadly, our country has many enemies, the enemies of democracy, freedom, moral and civilization. There is a general prudence in giving the responsibility to any suspect, though for some sources it could be likely the Farc guerrillas. The message is clear: the authors of this barbarian act want to impose their points of view at the dawn of this new government.
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The morning of Thursday began in Bogotá with a terrorist attack against the main quarters of the Caracol Radio Station. Director Darío Arismendi, who was about to start his daily news at 5:30 said to the audience that a strong exploitation shook the whole building and created a great panic. The authorities released a video of the car used for the attack seconds before the exploitation with a female suspect in the place.
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The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela, Juan Manuel Santos and Hugo Chávez, restored diplomatic relations after a meeting in Santa Marta, northern Colombia. Santos declared that the dialog with Chávez was sincere and positive, reported Caracol Radio. They planed to create a new waybill in the relations of both countries, said president Santos.
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The initiatives of peace of individuals or groups with the Colombian guerrillas that are not consulted with the government are not authorized, said Minister of Defense Rodrigo Rivera and he ordered the continuity of military operations against armed groups, according to Caracol Radio.
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President Juan Manuel Santos said in the inaugural speech of his government that he is opened to dialog and negotiation with armed groups in the aim to end violence and the construction of a more prosper, equal and just society, but they must renounce to guns, kidnapping, drug trafficking, extortion and intimidation first.
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Geneva — A UN report dated May 27, but made public today, says that ‘Colombia has made important security gains after decades of armed conflict and gross human rights violations, but serious problems with its security policies have undermined the very goals the Government seeks to achieve.’ The conclusions are of Professor Philip Alston, the UN Special Reporter on extrajudicial executions.
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The hopes of many of a solution to the Colombian-Venezuelan diplomatic crisis in the UNASUR chancellors summit in Quito reach nothing in concrete. Things remained strictly at the same point of July 22 when the Colombian government denounced before OAS the presence of guerrilla camps in the Venezuelan territory with the consecutive denial of Caracas. There was only the compromise of a new summit of presidents.
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