The United Nations’ mission in Colombia said Wednesday it has retrieved 304 of the 779 weapons caches hidden by the now-disarmed FARC guerrilla group, but was unable to retrieve at…
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Colombia’s ELN rebel group said on Tuesday it had proposed a three-month ceasefire to the government during peace talks in Ecuador, where the two sides are negotiating an end to…
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The FARC said Monday that it will have completed its transition from Marxist guerrilla group to political party on September 1, the day the demobilized rebels will announce the name…
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Peace processFARC and former paramilitary arch enemies agree to both face Colombia’s Truth Commission
Colombia’s largest disarmed rebel group FARC and commanders of the guerrillas’ former arch enemy, the paramilitary AUC, have agreed to both testify before a Truth Commission. The historic meeting between…
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A social leader is killed every four days in Colombia, according to a report from the Foundation for Peace and Reconciliation (PARES). The organization that monitors armed conflict in the…
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Colombia’s government has warned the Marxist-inspired ELN guerrillas that current negotiations are their “last chance” amid a stalemate on the issue of a bilateral ceasefire. Government chief negotiator Juan Camilo…
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Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos signed a decree on Monday that granted amnesty to 3,252 disarmed FARC guerrillas, none of whom face charges of grave war crimes. The decree is…
Peace process
Colombia’s govt and ELN rebels enter conclave to reach ceasefire deal before papal visit
Colombia’s government and the country’s last-standing rebel group, the ELN, on Monday will enter permanent talks in the hope they can reach agreement on a bilateral ceasefire before the visit…
Colombia’s government on Tuesday confirmed that it will roll out a series of rural development projects that will improve infrastructure in the areas that have been hit hardest by the…
A number of alleged drug traffickers who were claiming to be FARC guerrillas in order to avoid extradition to the United States have been excluded from Colombia’s ongoing peace process,…