Colombia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs announced Monday that additional security measures have been implemented to protect opposition politicians, in light of the death threats issued against leaders of social movements…
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 important…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
Carlos Lozano, editor of communist magazine Voz, testified Tuesday that Piedad Cordoba’s negotiations with the FARC were approved by the government. Lozano told the court that during Uribe’s presidency he…