Mediator Piedad Cordoba left Colombia for Brazil Monday to begin an operation to release five FARC hostages. Prior to departing, Cordoba said, “The success of this operation is a prelude to…
Since the FARC announced their plans to unilaterally release five hostages in order to honor former Senator Piedad Cordoba some have criticized the massive publicity for the rebel group that…
Colombia’s Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez claims that his dismissal of Senator Piedad Cordoba in November led to the FARC’s decision this week to release five hostages, reports El Espectador. Ordoñez said that he…
Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba did not attend the Inspector General’s official reading of the “FARC-politics” charges against her Monday, but over 200 people rallied outside the building in a show of…
Deceased FARC hostage Julian Ernesto Guevara will finally be laid to rest in Bogota on Monday morning, following DNA confirmation that remains handed over to authorities by the guerrilla organization…
An anxious and excited Moncayo family are to arrive in Florencia, Caqueta on Monday evening, hopeful of a successful outcome to the ongoing hostage release operation, which would see Sgt.…
Colombian soldier Josue Daniel Calvo, who was released from FARC custody on Sunday, is reported to have been shot five times during his kidnapping at the hands of the FARC.…
Senator Piedad Cordoba announced via her Twitter page on Tuesday that the FARC have accepted and signed the security protocol needed to move forward with the long-delayed hostage release operation,…
Colombian peace commissioner Frank Pearl said Monday that if hostage Josue Daniel Calvo is as sick as the FARC claim, then the guerrilla organization should release him and not endanger his…