Colombian Movement Defending Peace
Bogota, April 5 (Prensa Latina) Members of the Defend Peace movement asked the National Liberation Army (ELN) on Friday to decree a unilateral ceasefire to help channel dialogue with the Colombian government. They did so through a letter signed by several former peace process negotiators with the former guerrilla Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) and other personalities who served as facilitators of dialogue at different stages with the ELN. Among them were former Vice President Humberto de la Calle, former High Commissioner for Peace Frank Pearl, former Interior Minister Juan Fernando Cristo, former Constituent Alvaro Leyva, former Labor Minister Clara Lopez and Senator Ivan Cepeda of the Alternative Democratic Pole. The letter was also signed by Rodrigo LondoƱo (Timochenko), president of the Revolutionary Alternative Force of the Commonwealth party, and other former FARC-EP guerrilla fighters. On behalf of the Catholic Church, the Archbishop of C