Posted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jan 14, 2013 | News
Colombia announced Monday the purchase of another C295 airplane, intended for troop transport and humanitarian aid. Airbus Military, a Madrid-based subsidiary of Airbus, said the Colombian government had placed an order of six...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jan 14, 2013 | War and peace
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 country’s half-a-century armed conflict. Humberto de...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jan 11, 2013 | News
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 had “never materialized“ and that...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jan 11, 2013 | News
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 with “unconventional”...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jan 10, 2013 | News
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 proposals concerned government...
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