We are ready to sit down to negotiate, said Ceballos The Colombian government of President Iván Duque Thursday insisted that the National Unemployment Committee needs to withdraw from the conflicts affecting the country if there is to be any dialogue. We are ready to sit down to negotiate, said the government's High Commissioner for Peace, Miguel Ceballos as Colombia plunges into a series of strong mobilizations and brutal repression. Labor Minister Ángel Custodio Cabrera said that the government is ready to talk about basic income, among other points raised by the Committee, and called for an urgent dialogue, after Monday's first round of talks yielded no results.