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• January 17, 2008

Colombians to protest President Hugo Chavez's support to terrorist FARC^AFP

• January 15, 2008

Clara Rojas released by FARC has embraced and played again with her 3 years old son Emmanuel^{The New York Times}

• January 11, 2008

President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela asked President of Colombia Alvaro Uribe to eliminate the labeling of FARC as a terrorist group since Mr. Chavez thinks that FARC is a regular army with a political ideology.^{El Tiempo}

• September 9, 2007

11 bodies of the Valle del Cauca deputies arrive in Cali after the FARC guerrilla released them through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).^eltiempo.com

• September 1, 2007

Tomás Medina Caracas, a FARC commander and cocaine trafficker is killed in a military raid.^{Herald Tribune}

• August 7, 2007

Juan Carlos "Chupeta" Ramirez-Abadia - Norte del Valle Cartel cocaine trafficker is apprehended.^{Radio Caracol}

• July 27, 2007

The National Liberation Army guerrilla group (ELN) calls off peace talks with the Colombian government.^CNN