The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) condemned in this capital today the militarist treatment of the government to agrarian and popular national strike in that South American country.

In a statement read by the member of the guerrilla delegation to the peace talks, Marco Leon Calarca, the insurgency states that multiple expressions of social discontent against the neoliberal policies of starvation and looting have joined the protest.

About this issue, Leon Calarca says more than 14 million peasants have been taken to bankrupt, and about 30 million Colombians are still in poverty.

The indefinite nationwide strike entered today its fifth day with dozens injured people, almost 100 detainees and nearly 30 roads were blocked, while the protesters are still waiting to be capable of installing a negotiating table with the government.

The FARC-EP announced that they will make a statement today on the decision by President Juan Manuel Santos to settle at the Congress a draft bill, which will allow that possible peace agreements may arise on one day to coincide with the upcoming elections.

Both sides, which are discussing the issue of political participation, the second item of the agreed agenda, began on Monday, August 19, the 13th cycle of talks held at the Havana's Conference Center since November 2012.