Colombian high peace commissioner Camilo Gomez (L) talks with Rebel commander Pablo Beltran (C) of the ELN and Colombian ambassador to Cuba Julio Londono during a meeting in the jungle of Bolivar province, August 9, 2000. The peace talks meeting between Colombian government and leftist rebels of the National Liberation Army (ELN) are being held amid an offensive in protest against the visit of U.S. President Bill Clinton on August 30.

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