Security measures in place after death threats to left-wing politicians
Colombia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs announced Monday that additional security measures have...
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Govt offers leftist social movement full political participation
Colombia’s Minister of Interior on Thursday said the “National Government…offers all guarantees [that the] Patriotic March” will be able to participate in politics, reported local media. “It is very...
‘FARC considering Christmas truce’
Colombia’s largest guerrilla group FARC is considering a Christmas truce with the government, according to a prominent leftist activist. “The FARC Secretariat is willing to study and take a decision in that direction,”...
Colombia marches for ‘week of indignation’
Marches take place throughout Colombia over the next days as part of the “week of indignation,” organized by social sectors to raise government awareness of how the armed conflict has affected them and to demand an...
Marcha Patriotica to welcome demobilized guerrillas
The “Marcha Patriotica,” one of Colombia’s largest leftist social movements, said Thursday that FARC guerrillas who lay down their arms are welcome to join the movement. The announcement came from Carlos...
Alleged murder plot against leftist magazine editor uncovered
Carlos Lozano, editor of the leftist weekly magazine “La Voz,” said “a credible source” revealed there is a $200,000 bounty on his head. Lozano said that Daniel Rendon Herrera, alias “Don...
‘FARC to release 6 hostages in January’
Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC is expected to release six hostages in January, said Carlos Lozano, director of a communist magazine and member of Piedad Cordoba’s organization Colombians for Peace Monday. In an...
