A dissident faction of Colombia’s former FARC guerrilla group demanded a ceasefire from Ecuador on Monday to repatriate murdered hostages from that country. The splinter group’s chief, alias “Guacho,” is…
The EPL, a dissident guerrilla faction from northeast Colombia, announced Monday they will end their imposed economic shutdown in the Catatumbo region where they are at war with ELN rebels.…
Locals in Colombia’s southwestern Tumaco massively took to the streets in a mass demonstration against ongoing violence and persistent state neglect in their city.
Colombia has seen a spike in assassinations of human rights leaders in 2018, according to a report by a leading human rights think tank. A total of 46 human rights…
Colombia’s extreme inequality in land ownership is the worst in South America, a continent where land concentration is already exceedingly high. A recent report by Oxfam highlighted the alarming nature…
The candidates in Colombia’s 2018 presidential elections signed a pact on Wednesday to discourage the use of hate speech during the campaigns. Following a presidential debate in the nation’s capital,…
Thousands of students across Colombia took to the streets on Tuesday and Wednesday to demand increased funding for public education. Major cities such as Bogota and Medellin saw young people…
Spain seized more than nine tons of cocaine from Colombia on Tuesday with an estimated worth of $500 million, according to local media. This is the biggest ever seizure of cocaine…
Guerrillas of the EPL said Tuesday that they have captured six ELN members group in northeast Colombia where the two illegal armed groups are fighting. A video sent to local…