Luciano Marin Arango, alias ‘Ivan Marquez’, leader of the FARC delegation in the peace talks with Colombian government, reads a statement accompanied by Ricardo Tellez, alias ‘Rodrigo Granda’ (left), Dutch Tanja Nijmeijer (second right) and Seuxis Paucias Hernandez Solarte (right) at the Convention Palace in Havana, Cuba, yesterday. FARC made a call to Colombian people to defend the peace talks after Colombia President, Juan Manuel Santos, threatened to abandon talks with the guerrilla due to a lack of progress.