Colombia’s chief peace negotiator for talks with the ELN proposed in a series of tweets that the country’s last standing rebel group declare a unilateral ceasefire over the holidays. The…
The United Nations acknowledged Colombia’s peace process is facing “major challenges” and urged the government and FARC rebels to “act swiftly,” and demobilize and disarm the guerrillas within the set time…
Brazail’s Chapeco will build a memorial to the victims of a plane crash in Colombia that killed almost its entire soccer team, and will name a plaza after Medellin in a display of…
In spite of being one of Colombia’s most feared criminals in history, slain drug lord Pablo Escobar’s top hitman, “Popeye”, was robbed at gunpoint in Medellin on Monday. According to Popeye,…
Fourteen Colombian women have been rescued from a transnational human trafficking ring in the Dominican Republic, authorities said Monday. Officials from Colombia, the United States and the Dominican Republic arrested one American,…
For the 49th time, Medellin lit up its elaborate Christmas decorations on Saturday, officially kicking off more than a month of holiday festivities. Some 90,000 tourists are expected to visit the city…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office indicted 725 former members of paramilitary group AUC for over 22,000 crimes 10 years after the group officially disbanded. The charges were filed in accordance with the country’s Justice…
The United Nations-led ceasefire monitoring system determined that both the FARC and Colombia’s armed forces violated the terms of the ceasefire when the truce was breached last month. Both parties on…
Colombia’s prosecution arrested seven officials of the Victims’ Unit in the Antioquia province, an entity dedicated to providing funds to regional victims of the country’s armed conflict. It is expected that the…