Colombia grants amnesty to 1st demobilized FARC rebels
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s office announced on Monday that it has granted amnesty to the first of thousands of FARC guerrillas taking part in a peace process in the south American country.…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s office announced on Monday that it has granted amnesty to the first of thousands of FARC guerrillas taking part in a peace process in the south American country.…
Colombia’s Ombudsman on Monday called for the closure of some of the nation’s prisons due to extreme overcrowding and a chronic humanitarian crisis that is unfolding, reported El Pais newspaper.…
Colombia’s government peace negotiators on Monday slammed the Marxist-inspired ELN rebels for jeopardizing the ongoing peace process after they claimed responsibility for last week’s bombing outside a bull ring in…
Colombia’s top Catholic clergyman told the government on Friday that the church would fight sexual abuse by priests against minors with a “zero tolerance” approach towards affiliated pedophiles. “The protection of children and adolescents is…
Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe announced on Wednesday that he will be seeking a referendum to force changes to an ongoing peace process with demobilized FARC rebels. The former president, whose family has been linked…
Foreign films continue to dominate Colombian theaters, but domestic productions are slowly gaining ground. According to the arts critics of Colombian newspaper El Espectador, these are the movies to watch…
Delays in the demobilization of the FARC rebel group stem from an opaque contracting process, in which the Colombian government hired unqualified companies to construct UN-observed camps, RED+ reported on Monday.…
Colombia’s government and the country’s last-standing rebel group, the ELN, have agreed to create an international fund to finance ELN participation in ongoing peace negotiations in Ecuador. The two sides…
The 31-year-old that has been appointed to lead Colombia’s efforts to seek foreign funding for peace in the country was until recently taking notes for President Juan Manuel Santos. Sergio Londoño, an…