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Ecuador offers FARC recognition if rebels drop ‘terrorism’

by Adriaan Alsema April 24, 2008

“To attain that status they would have to give up all activities contrary to the rules of war, such as kidnappings, attacks that can qualify as acts of terrorism, bombings, etcetera,” Correa said in an interview with Venezuelan television Wednesday.”We say this categorically, they must give up actions that go against human rights … and free unconditionally all the hostages they are holding,” Correa added.It was the first time Correa spoke about the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia either as a legitimate fighting force — he used the term “belligerent force” — or as a terrorist group, which is how the United States, Europe and Colombia brand them.Correa a week ago denied Colombian charges he was too lenient with FARC rebels, and warned that any rebel incursion into Ecuador would be deemed an “an act of war” to be dealt with accordingly.The FARC rebels persistently cross the border into Ecuador. A Colombian military attack March 1 on a FARC rebel camp inside Ecuador triggered a week-long diplomatic row, in which Venezuela took Quito’s side.Leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez recently pressed the international community to stop branding FARC rebels as terrorists, insisting that they be given “belligerent status” as a legitimate fighting force.The FARC, South America’s oldest and largest insurgency, are accused of holding an estimated 750 people hostage and funding their activities through drug trafficking.

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