Colombian govt, FARC in line for land reform
There is significant overlap between FARC demands on land reform and the Colombian government’s proposed Rural Development Act, revealed economic newspaper La Republica Tuesday. All but two of the 17…
There is significant overlap between FARC demands on land reform and the Colombian government’s proposed Rural Development Act, revealed economic newspaper La Republica Tuesday. All but two of the 17…
The Colombian government has ruled out discussing military doctrine during the peace talks with FARC, which are currently underway in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. “It is absolutely clear that…
Colombia’s prosecutor general has suspended 191 arrest warrants against 27 FARC guerrillas to help facilitate peace talks between the insurgents and the government. Of the 191 arrest warrants being temporarily…
“Timochenko,” the leader of rebel group FARC on Saturday expressed skepticism about the success of Colombia’s peace talks. In an open letter to Colombians for Peace, a peace advocacy group…
The United States and Colombia are “very advanced” in coming to an agreement on the repatriation of convicted FARC leader “Simon Trinidad,” allowing the extradited rebel leader to take part…
There have been “possible contacts” between the government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla group, said former senator Piedad Cordoba on Friday. The controversial former politician who is banned…
Former president Alvaro Uribe’s supporters, the “Uribistas,” warned that the Colombian government has left the door open for pardons and amnesties by not putting the 2005 Justice and Peace Law on…
Excluding those responsible for human rights abuses, Colombia’s Congress promises that members of the FARC, the group responsible for thousands of deaths, kidnappings, forced disappearances and forced displacements, will not go…
The U.S. wants to be “part of the solution” for peace in Colombia, said Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson on Thursday. The assistant secretary tweeted…