Colombia’s government and the country’s second-largest rebel group, the ELN National Liberation Army, will start peace talks on October 27 in Quito, Ecuador, both sides have announced.
A total of eight Colombian presidents have attempted to launch peace talks with the group, which is much more political in nature than the FARC.
Colombian authorities put the number of group members at 1,300, while some analysts say it is as high as 2,000.
The deal Santos brokered with the FARC was praised on the international stage but former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe campaigned for voters to reject the document on the basis that it would allow FARC members to join mainstream politics and enjoy legal immunity.
While smaller than the FARC, which has around 6,500 members, the group has intensified its attacks in the last five years, with many fearing that the ELN rebels could move into those areas of Colombia abandoned by the FARC.
Fuente: http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/10/11/inenglish/1476174119_784842.html
