United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged Colombia’s government and ELN guerrillas to extend a ceasefire that expires on January 8. While stressing there have been serious shortcomings, Guterres wrote…
Paramilitary group AGC, the largest illegal armed group in Colombia, on Thursday announced a unilateral ceasefire while they wait for the government to prepare their surrender. President Juan Manuel Santos…
Colombia’s last remaining Marxist-inspired rebel group the ELN violated a ceasefire with the government during a raid in southwest Colombia last month, according to comments by the country’s Ombudsman on…
The United Nations and the Catholic Church on Wednesday urged Colombia’s government and ELN rebels to adopt measures to prevent violations of a bilateral ceasefire after guerrillas killed an indigenous…
Colombia’s High Commissioner for Peace stated Monday that “no incident will break the ceasefire” with the ELN, but rejected the killing of an indigenous governor by the rebel group. The…
Colombia’s last-standing guerrilla group, the ELN, has admitted to violating the ceasefire by assassinating an indigenous governor in western Colombia. The guerrilla group’s leadership issued a statement in which asked…
The alleged killing of an indigenous governor by Colombia’s ELN rebels is marring peace talks with the government that seeks the demobilization of Colombia’s last standing guerrilla group. The new…
The first five days of a ceasefire with Colombia’s last-standing guerrilla group ELN have gone by without incident, according to the government. The national government’s chief negotiator, Juan Camilo Restrepo,…
Ethnic minorities in the war-torn Pacific region of Colombia will provide additional monitoring for a ceasefire announced Sunday between the country’s last-standing rebel group and the state. The special agreement…