New round of Colombia peace talks begins in Havana
Representatives of Colombia’s largest rebel group, FARC and the Colombian government began Monday a new round of peace talks in the Cuban capital of Havana to bring an end the…
Representatives of Colombia’s largest rebel group, FARC and the Colombian government began Monday a new round of peace talks in the Cuban capital of Havana to bring an end the…
Colombia’s defense minister, Juan Carlos Pinzon, on Friday said the ceasefire called by FARC rebels was a “siren song.” Pinzon said the two-month, unilateral ceasefire called by the rebel group…
An attack attributed to left-wing guerrillas has left one policeman dead and six wounded in northern Colombia, reported local media on Friday. According to police, rebels attacked a police checkpoint…
Members of civil society on Thursday sent close to 500 proposals to peace negotiators for the country’s largest left-wing guerrilla group, FARC. According to the FARC negotiators, most of the…
A leader of Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the ELN, has been killed in a clash with the Colombian army in the northwestern department of Antioquia, local media reported on…
Drug wars and alliances between left-wing rebels and armed, criminal groups threaten stability along Colombia’s Pacific coast, says the commander of Colombia’s Navy in the Pacific. “In the Pacific operate…
Bogota Police arrested six presumed criminals while seizing more than 180 kilos of illegal narcotics in the Colombian capital’s most infamous district, the Bronx. Some 300 police officers participated in…
Violence attributed to Colombia’s largest rebel group, FARC, “diminished 80%” during the first week of January compared to the same period last year.
A former paramilitary commander and a former FARC leader could be tried for sex crimes committed by their subordinates, on Monday said Colombia’s Deputy Prosecutor General. According to the Prosecutor…