Biden could help unfreeze Colombian peace talks - ELN rebel leader

FILE PHOTO: Pablo Beltran, representative of the delegation of the National Liberation Army (ELN), looks on during a news conference in Havana, Cuba August 2, 2018. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo/File Photo

HAVANA (Reuters) - Joe Biden's election as U.S. President could help unfreeze peace talks between Colombia's biggest active rebel group, the Marxist National Liberation Army (ELN), and the Colombian government, ELN leader Pablo Beltran told Reuters on Friday.

Right-wing President Ivan Duque suspended fledgling negotiations in Havana to end a five-decade conflict in January 2019 after the ELN carried out a car bomb attack at a police academy in Bogota.