por Prensa Latina
Rigoberta Menchu
Rigoberta Menchu, Nobel Prize winner, confirmed she would travel to Colombia nest Saturday to be present at the process of the release of prisoners by the Colombian guerrilla.
In statements to Prensa Latina Wednesday Menchu assured she did not receive any official communication from the government of Colombia rejecting her participation in the exchange programmed from April 2 to 4.
Menchu highlighted the international relevance of the group headed by former senator Piedad Cordova, of whom Menchu mentioned her extraordinary work in favour of peace and with the prisoners of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc).
The text is grateful for the interest of the group and limits the participation to the government of Brazil, the International Red Cross and the Colombian group.
Menchu, born on January 9, 1959, is a leader in the Quiche indigenous community and is a human rights defender. She has, besides the Nobel Prize, the Prince of Asturias Prize in 1998 and the appointment as an Ambassador for the United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization (Unesco).
Colombia, Panama set up bilateral border security plan
Colombian Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon and Panamanian Security Forces Minister Jose Raul Mulino will meet on Wednesday in this capitalto implement the so-called Bilateral Border Security Plan signed in 2011.
The instrument aims at improving the two countries’ capacities to respond to common threats on the border and to boost bilateral cooperation to fight transnational crime.
According to sources from the Colombian Defense Ministry, at the meeting, they will define the guidelines of an action plan and training mechanisms for the Panamanian armed forces.
The border between Colombia and Panama is 266 miles long, a separation that also marks the border between Central and South America.
