FARC meet Swiss, French negotiators

El Especatador reports that FARC commander Alfonso Cano is meeting with a delegation of French and Swiss negotiators, entrusted with brokering a humanatarian agreement with the guerrilla group. According to the report the Colombian government has okayed the talks, which have been going on for the past three days.

It's the first time talks are taking place since the death of the former guerrilla commanders Manuel Marulanda and Raul Reyes in March of this year.

Meanwhile, those laptops have been spilling their binary guts again. The possibility, suggested in an email by Reyes contained in one of the computers, that a senior FARC commander might be applying for Nicaraguan citizenship was confirmed by the Managua daily La Prensa. Aided by the Nicarguan painter Genaro Lugo and by an insider, the guerrilla contact Alberto Bermudez managed to get a Nicaraguan ID-card in "record time."

The news comes amid souring relations between Colombia and the Nicaragua of Daniel Ortega, often accused of supporting the FARC.