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Colombia's FARC rebel leader calls for guerrilla unity to face US interventionism
Nestor Gregorio Vera urged rebel groups with over 11,000 members to unite against US actions, aiming to resist intervention and safeguard their leadership, officials said.
- On Jan 9, Nestor Gregorio Vera, known as `Ivan Mordisco`, issued a filmed call for rebel unity to resist US interventionism following a US incursion into Venezuela.
- Recent strengthening of US–Colombian military partnership, and Trump’s threat to Colombia, set the regional tension context ahead of February talks with Petro.
- In a filmed address flanked by armed fighters, Vera dressed in camouflage named the ELN, Second Marquetalia and Bolivarian Army Guerrilla Coordinating Board, proposing a bloc excluding the Central General Staff with over 11,000 members.
- The UN’s Carlos Ruiz Massieu has warned of resurging violence, and security sources flag risks from drug trafficking and illegal gold mining, with Defence Minister Pedro Sanchez saying Vera’s call may be self-protective.
- President Gustavo Petro’s pledge of "total peace" faces renewed strain amid continued rural fighting, while Colombia’s conflict has killed over 450,000 people, underscoring the stakes of the 2016 peace deal.
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The head of the largest dissident branch of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group called on other rebel groups to come together to fight U.S. interventionism in the region, in a video message confirmed by the group as authentic on Friday.
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