Colombia conflict violence drops to pre-FARC levels: Observers
Ever since the FARC took up weapons in 1964, conflict-related levels of violence have never been as low as registered in the past half year, observers said.
Ever since the FARC took up weapons in 1964, conflict-related levels of violence have never been as low as registered in the past half year, observers said.
Colombia’s government and the FARC, the country’s largest rebel group, have asked the United Nations and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States to monitor a bilateral truce as peace…
While a lot has been achieved in three years of peace talks, negotiators of Colombia’s government and FARC rebels still have a number of highly controversial issues on the agenda.
Colombia’s government and FARC rebels are negotiating peace, hoping to agree to a bilateral ceasefire to take effect within a month. However, there remain serious obstacles that could potentially derail the peace…
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday said he will ask the United Nations to monitor a pending truce with FARC rebels and verify the warring parties’ compliance to the…
Guerrilla group FARC urged Colombia’s government on Sunday to immediately agree to a bilateral ceasefire, arguing the rebels’ unilateral truce cannot be sustained.
Colombia’s FARC rebel group said its three-month-old unilateral ceasefire, declared amid peace talks with the government to end 51 years of war, may be at risk because of a rise…
The FARC and the government agreed Thursday to reach a bilateral ceasefire on December 16 despite major issues still scattered across the negotiations table.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos’ proposal to cease fire with FARC rebels has one condition: the guerrillas must agree to concentrate their troops in designated areas, the government’s chief peace negotiator…