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FARC officials have announced that one of their peace negotiators, Pedro Nel Daza ‘Jairo’ Martinez, was killed in a Colombian government bombing raid last Thursday.
Venezuelan gather in pro-governmental rally in the streets of western Caracas. The opposition fiercely contests the outcome of Sunday's election which authorities say was won by Nicolas Maduro with 51.2 percent of votes cast compared to 44.2 percent for Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia. IMAGES
Colombian President Gustavo Petro arrives in Caracas to meet with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro. The visit comes a week after Petro called the disqualification of opposition candidates in Venezuela's presidential election an "undemocratic coup." IMAGES
A military helicopter carrying former paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso, who spent 16 years in a US jail, arrives in Colombia's capital. Regarded as one of the most powerful warlords of the 1990s and early 21st century, Mancuso has pledged to tell the truth about his links to politicians and businesspeople in the South American country. IMAGES
The Colombian government and dissidents of the FARC guerrilla group that signed a 2016 peace pact, start talks with a view to demobilizing some 3,500 fighters and putting an end, once and for all, to their armed insurgency. The parties have also agreed to observe a bilateral ceasefire until January 15, according to the defense ministry. Negotiations between the government of President Gustavo Petro and leaders of the so-called Central General Staff (EMC) kick off in Tibu in the country's northeast, an area surrounded by drug crops and hard-hit by the ongoing violence. IMAGES
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