In Colombia, Two Rebel Groups Take Different Paths<br />"I promise to lead a government that propels the birth of a new Colombia," Mr. Londoño told a crowd of FARC members<br />and supporters, who waved flags emblazoned with the group’s new logo — a red rose.<br />know that this government only has five months left — there’s nothing for them to negotiate with this government, so they say why bother?" said Ariel Avila, deputy director of the Peace<br />and Reconciliation Foundation, a Bogota-based think tank.<br />is taking advantage of the dialogue in Ecuador to strengthen itself militarily in Colombia," said Germán Vargas<br />Lleras, a presidential contender who was Mr. Santos’s vice president during the peace negotiations.<br />While the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC, have signed a<br />peace deal with the government and entered politics, many guerrillas of the E.L.N.<br />"A government that at last represents the interests of the poor." Yet the speech was overshadowed by the rebel attacks, which other presidential candidates seized on as evidence<br />that Mr. Santos has been too soft on both FARC and E.L.N.<br />While Mr. Londoño, who is still wanted in the United States on drug trafficking charges, is considered a long-shot to<br />win in the first round of voting in May, his campaigning emphasized the rebel group’s continued commitment to peace.
