Government in Colombia
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COLOMBIA, 2014/12/18
The leftist rebels said the truce should become a formal armistice and would only end if they were attacked.
The announcement was made in Cuba, where the Farc has been holding peace talks with the Colombian government.
President Juan Manuel Santos has so far refused to suspend military action, saying the rebels would use a bilateral truce to rearm and regroup.
The peace talks in Cuba - which began in 2012 - are aimed at ending five decades of conflict that has killed an estimated 220,000 people.
'Renewed pressure'
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COLOMBIA, 2013/05/18
“I wish to tell amount of you that, yes, I clearly want the policies we have been promoting to continue beyond Aug. 7, 2014,” Santos said, referring to the final day of his current four-year term.
In the same speech, the president as well announced the reactivation of the Good Government Fund, dormant since he became president, and the forming of its new board of directors, to be presided over by Housing Minister German Vargas Lleras.
Other members of the new board of directors include presidential chief of staff Juan Mesa, former National Police director Oscar Naranjo and former Foreign Minister Maria Emma Mejia.
