FILE PHOTO: Economist and former UN official Henry Acosta, speaks during a Reuters interview in Cali, Colombia January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Luis Jaime Acosta
CALI, Colombia (Reuters) - Armed conflict in Colombia could heat up in 2020 and there could even be bombings in cities if dissidents from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) follow through with plans to pressure the government into a new peace deal, an expert mediator said on Monday.
Henry Acosta, who traversed the Andean country for more than a decade to help bring the FARC and government together for peace talks that eventually lead to a 2016 deal, said he fears a resurgence in conflict as rebels who rejected demobilization push for constitutional reform they believe would guarantee political, economical and social change
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