Farc has suspended its presidential campaign

Farc, the one-time Colombian guerrilla group, suspended its election campaign yesterday, claiming that a lack of security safeguards had put its candidates at risk.

Campaigning “will be temporarily suspended until the government gives us minimum guarantees”, Imelda Daza, the Farc vice-presidential candidate, told AFP. Rodrigo Londoño, the party’s presidential candidate, has been verbally attacked at rallies, raising fears of political violence.