Former Senator Piedad Cordoba will not follow through on her announcement of the unilateral release of 19 hostages held in captivity by the left-wing guerrilla group FARC, newspaper El Espectador…
Former Senator Piedad Cordoba says she will begin on Thursday to organise details of the release of five hostages who the FARC has promised to free. In an interview published on…
Colombians for Peace (CCP), an activist group led by former Senator Piedad Cordoba, urges the FARC to release all hostages, reports EFE. Earlier this week the FARC announced in an…
Conflict resolution organization Colombians for Peace published an open letter calling for the FARC say whether it is responsible for the terrorist attack that killed 14 policemen in the southern…
Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba forms Latin Americans for Peace in Colombia, a regional group which aims to promote a negotiated solution to the country’s armed conflict. Colombians for Peace, an organization…
President Juan Manuel Santos will meet with Colombians for Peace, a group headed by Senator Piedad Cordoba. Cordoba announced the plan following a meeting of the Liberal Party with Santos…
Senator Piedad Cordoba said Monday that she has no intention of entering peace negotiations with guerrillas that could affect the Colombian government’s efforts to settle the nation’s ongoing conflict, reports…
Senator Piedad Cordoba met with Ecuadorean foreign minister Ricardo Patiño in Quito Friday, to discuss the “Colombians for Peace” organization which Cordoba heads, reports El Comercio. The Colombian senator described…
Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva said the government has little confidence in FARC statements about further hostage releases, which he sees as giving false hope to the families of the victims, reports…