Fight!! The Colombia government announced the end of the ceasefire agreement!

On the 16th local time, the Colombian Defense Minister opened a press conference at which he announced that the Colombian government had terminated the ceasefire agreement signed with some factions of the rebel group Central staff.

According to the Minister of Defense at a news conference, a faction of the "Central staff" has been violating the ceasefire agreement in recent months, carrying out "terrorist actions" to attack the army and civilians, and has now issued orders to the armed forces. full offensive action against the faction of the "Central staff". At the same time, however, the Colombian government and the pro-peace factions of the "Central staff" continued to maintain a ceasefire for three months.

It is understood that the "Central staff headquarters" is the largest branch of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the largest rebel force in Colombia, while the "Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia" signed a peace agreement with the government in 2016 and formally announced the political party in 2017. However, not everyone in the organization agreed to the peace agreement, and some opposed the establishment of other branches, including the Central staff.

In addition, in October 2023, the Government of Colombia signed a three-month ceasefire agreement with the "Central staff", and in January 2024, the two sides extended the statute of limitations of the agreement to July 15. However, since the beginning of this year, the "Central staff" has continued to carry out attacks in the provinces of Nari ñ o, Cauca and Cauca Valley in southwestern Colombia, injuring a number of soldiers, police and civilians. On March 17, 2024, the Colombian government announced the suspension of the ceasefire agreement with the "Central staff" in the above three provinces and resumed the crackdown.

During the crackdown, Colombian government forces killed three anti-government militants and arrested 12 people, but in early April, the Colombian government and the "Central staff" started a dialogue to restart the peace process between the two sides.

However, conflicts continue in three areas in southwestern Colombia, and some rebels have increased their control over the area in an attempt to control some illegal businesses, resulting in an increase in criminal activities such as kidnapping, extortion and recruitment of children. and install multiple explosive devices on the streets of the area. And the car commonly used by the Colombian vice president was shot in the area earlier, attracting a lot of attention.

Although Colombian government forces continue their military operations in the area, due to the complex topography of these areas, the results of the operations are not satisfactory, and this time, the government has decided to launch an all-out offensive operation, which will have an impact on many industries in the region, especially the coffee industry.

The provinces of Nari ñ o, Cauca and Cauca Valley are all important coffee producing areas in Colombia, with many well-known coffee estates and Buenaventura, an important export port in Cauca Valley. Coffee can be exported to earn foreign exchange to buy weapons, and war could cause rebels to rob coffee beans and smuggle them into neighboring countries.

In addition, coffee cultivation in Colombia is dominated by small farmers, and the outbreak of war will lead to the displacement of civilians, and some coffee farms may become unattended, which will lead to a decline in coffee production and quality in these areas. And infrastructure such as roads in the region has been damaged, eventually affecting exports. At present, the price of Arabica coffee is high, and a reduction in production in Colombia, the world's second-largest coffee producer, could push prices higher again.