Child dies in army-guerrilla crossfire
A 5-year old boy has been killed in crossfire between guerrillas and the armed forces, the Colombian army said Sunday. According to a press release by the army, the incident…
A 5-year old boy has been killed in crossfire between guerrillas and the armed forces, the Colombian army said Sunday. According to a press release by the army, the incident…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday welcomed the ELN’s call for peace talks, but demands that the guerrillas release all hostages and stop terrorist activities before talks begin. In a…
Colombia’s Supreme Court warned that paying reparations to victims of the country’s armed conflict could do serious damage to state budgets. Supreme Court President Jaime Arrubla told newspaper El Espectador…
Colombia has one of the highest number of forcibly disappeared people in the world, with 50,000 individuals missing, the Ombudsman’s National Search Commission coordinator Andres Peña told EFE on Wednesday.…
A recent study shows that 6.65 million hectares of land has been abandoned or seized due to armed conflict in Colombia, making the land problem more extensive than originally thought.…
The United States plans to give $30 million over three years to support the restitution of lands to displaced persons in Colombia, announced the Colombian Agriculture Ministry. The ministry said…
Colombia’s police on Tuesday opened a National Nuclear Security Center to “detect and respond to incidents involving weapons of mass destruction,” in response to alleged FARC plans to purchase uranium.…
Colombia’s national police said Monday they arrested two men suspected of belonging to a security ring of the FARC’s supreme leader “Alfonso Cano.” According to Flavio Mesa, police commander of…
Four soldiers and three civilians were injured when a motorcycle bomb exploded in a village in the east of Colombia Saturday. The bomb was detonated in the village of Puerto…