Social leaders join church in search for peace with ELN
Leaders from labor unions and minority groups said Thursday they have joined the Catholic Church in actively mediating an end to more than half a century of violence with Marxist…
Leaders from labor unions and minority groups said Thursday they have joined the Catholic Church in actively mediating an end to more than half a century of violence with Marxist…
President Juan Manuel Santos suspended talks with Colombia’s last-standing guerrilla group, the ELN, on Monday after three attacks killed seven policemen and injured 50. Santos made the announcement after meeting…
A ceasefire with guerrilla group ELN resulted in Colombia’s first 100 days without armed conflict in more than half a century, but failed to prevent guerrilla violence, according to independent…
The Colombian government’s chief negotiator said Thursday that he seeks to resume a ceasefire with ELN guerrillas, but will stay in Bogota until after Saturday. Chief negotiator Gustavo Bell returned…
President Juan Manuel Santos ordered the return to Colombia of the chief negotiator in peace talks with the ELN after the guerrilla group allegedly attacked an oil pipeline. The attack…
Colombia’s military and ELN rebels resumed hostilities on Wednesday after failing to agree to an extension of a bilateral ceasefire, in spite of pleas by victims and the international community…
With less than 24 hours before the expiring of a bilateral ceasefire between Colombia’s government and ELN guerrillas, nobody knows whether Wednesday will see renewed violence or not. Negotiators of…
Colombia’s defense minister said Tuesday that ELN guerrillas will “the full force” of a military offensive if they do not extend a bilateral ceasefiree. Government representatives and ELN rebels have…
Both Colombia’s last-standing rebel group ELN and the government’s incoming chief negotiator want to extend a bilateral ceasefire that was expiring in January. The parties responded positively to a call…