Havana , Cuba ( CNN ) -- Members of Latin America 's largest guerrilla group declared Thursday they will ask for an immediate cease fire when they meet with Colombian government negotiators for peace talks next month . The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia -- known by the Spanish acronym FARC -- have waged a bloody civil war for five decades with the Colombian government and right-wing paramilitary groups . The group is considered by the United States government to be a terrorist organization . The discussions will begin on October 8 in Oslo , Norway , six FARC members said during a news conference held in Havana on Thursday . Time is right , but past failures haunt Colombia peace talks . Chile , Cuba , Venezuela and Norway have been named as countries that will aid in the negotiations . Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Tuesday he supports the effort and named government negotiators to attempt to hammer out a treaty . A possible peace deal will face many obstacles , including long-standing allegations that FARC guerrillas have enriched themselves with ransoms paid for kidnap victims and with drug trafficking . FARC commander Mauricio Jaramillo denied reports that guerrillas still hold prisoners in remote jungle camps . `` We no longer have any captives , '' Jaramillo said before asserting that kidnappings by criminal and paramilitary organizations are often blamed on the FARC . Negotiations between the FARC and the Colombian government broke down over 10 years ago . Then-President Andres Pastrana had ceded an area the size of Switzerland to the guerrilla group at the start of those peace talks . The government later said the guerrillas had used the area as a base for drug trafficking and kidnapping . Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe says it is impossible to hold peace talks without first securing a unilateral cease fire and criticized the proposed negotiations . Five facts about Colombia 's FARC rebels . Jaramillo said a cease fire would be proposed as soon as negotiators meet next month , but the FARC is prepared to continue fighting . `` There 's enough of us to keep taking the fight to the government , '' he said . As part of a road map for a possible peace deal , the FARC has said the government will need to enact land reform for peasant farmers , help coca growers plant other crops and reintegrate thousands of FARC soldiers into Colombian society . FARC representatives also decried Colombia 's extradition treaty with the United States , which has led to the convictions of several FARC commanders there . `` Anyone who breaks the law in Colombia should be tried in Colombia , '' said FARC negotiator Ricardo Tellez . `` There 's no need that anyone should be turned over to another country . '' The issue could prove to be the first challenge to the talks , since the FARC named commander Simon Trinidad as a member of the team who will negotiate a possible peace deal . Trinidad is serving 60 years in a U.S. federal prison after a 2007 conviction on drug trafficking and terrorism charges . FARC negotiators refused to say at the news conference whether Trinidad 's inclusion is symbolic or if his release is an initial demand to the Colombian government . `` We have Simon Trinidad at the negotiating table , '' FARC negotiator Andres ParÃ­s said Thursday . Boos , gunfire greet Colombian president 's arrival in FARC area . Colombia 's Santos says government , rebels in talks . GPS : Santos holds the line against the FARC - and wins .
An immediate cease fire will be on the agenda in talks next month , FARC members say . But one warns , `` There 's enough of us to keep taking the fight to the government . '' The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia have waged a civil war for five decades . They are now fighting an internal battle against their own leadership and many rebels who want them out of power.