Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba calls on the European Union to pressure President Juan Manuel Santos into a “political dialogue” with rebel groups to end the country’s violent conflict. “Knowing the…
Colombian Vice President Angelino Garzon said Wednesday that there is no reason for guerrilla groups to exist in Colombia, and called for all illegal armed groups to lay down their…
The FARC and the ELN have annouced their confrontations with one another in the eastern department of Arauca are over, the FARC announced Tuesday. After a meeting in Arauca in…
A play about the massacres of Trujillo, carried out by paramilitaries in collusion with the security forces, will open in Bogota in September. “The Duty of Fenster” (“El deber de…
Thirty-six Colombian trade union leaders have been assassinated so far in 2010, compared to 26 over the same period in 2009, according to Luis Alberto Vanegas, the director of the…
Colombia Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera on Tuesday denied that the country is experiencing an escalation of violence from leftist guerrillas of the FARC and ELN. “In none of the fronts…
A government report on the demobilization and reintegration of guerrillas and paramilitaries shows that of the 50,000 demobilized fighters, only 5,000 were able to find a job, and 10,000 returned…
Three policemen were killed and one was injured in an apparent FARC attack on a police patrol on Monday in northern Colombia. The attack took place near the town of…
Ecuadorean Security Minister Miguel Carvajal announced that Ecuador plans to reinforce security at its common border with Colombia, following the FARC attack that left at least six police dead in the…