Mexican Lucia Moret (L) Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (R) and his wife Rosario Murillo, raise their clenched fists on April 21, 2008, during a Sandinista meeting in Managua. Moret --who survived to the Colombian army attack to a a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) camp inside Ecuador-- is in Nicaragua since last April 16 and Ortega offered the permanent residency for her to live in the country. From Washington Times:
Nicaragua's leftist president, Daniel Ortega, who led Latin America's last successful armed Marxist revolution, is billing himself as peacemaker between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the government of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.
Colombia says Mr. Ortega's help is not needed, nor is it welcome.
"I tell our brothers in FARC that I am willing to offer my support for a serious peace initiative in Colombia," Mr. Ortega told a political rally last month, in which he proposed himself as a mediator in the 44-year-old conflict.
Mr. Ortega made the offer despite strong objections from Mr. Uribe's government, which has scored a string of victories against the Marxist-inspired FARC.
My Comment: FARC will always receive both moral and tangible support from these regimes. What makes this situation unique is that the Colombian Government is not buying into this diplomacy, and are making it a point that these countries should not interfere in the internal affairs of Colombia. This undercuts the FARC's claim that they represent the people of Colombia.