Between a peace agreement with Colombia’s government and the disarmament of the country’s largest guerrilla group FARC, 37 social leaders were assassinated in the country. Many others remain under imminent…
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Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos praised the FARC’s abandonment of arms during the ceremonial end of the disarmament of some 7,000 guerrillas, whose group had been at war with the…
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53 years after its first combat, Colombia’s oldest and largest rebel group, the FARC, have completed its disarmament process, the United Nations announced Monday. According to the United Nations, the…
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From the editorCanal RCN: Colombia’s terrorism apologists who misled the world over ELN-held journalists
Canal RCN, the TV network that on Friday misled a global audience into believing two Dutch journalists had been released by ELN guerrillas in Colombia, is also tied to paramilitary…
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Peace processToday is the last day of Colombia’s FARC guerrilla group, Santos tells French businessmen
While the disarmament of the Colombia’s longest-living rebel group is not set to finish until next week, President Juan Manuel Santos announced on Friday that “today” the FARC ceases to…
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Peace processBrother of Bogota attack victim says he forgives terrorists and urges Colombia to unite
The brother of one of the women who died in a bomb attack in Bogota on Saturday took to national TV said Tuesday he forgives whoever killed his sister and implored…
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Colombia’s last standing Marxist rebel group the ELN said via it’s Twitter account on Tuesday that it is “investigating” the facts surrounding the reported kidnapping of two Dutch journalists in…
Colombia’s government has said it is willing to a agree to a bilateral ceasefire with the ELN rebel group, but only if the guerrillas end, among others, extortion and kidnapping…
Colombia’s largest rebel group, the FARC, has begun the final stage of their disarmament process as agreed, in spite of major concerns over a bomb attack in the capital Bogota…
Two Dutchmen were kidnapped in the northeast of Colombia on Monday, the country’s ombudsman announced. According to local media, the victims were journalists. The Ombudsman’s Office tweeted that the reported…