Colombia’s President Ivan Duque is defying the United Nations Security Council and Congress by refusing to agree to a bilateral ceasefire with guerrilla group ELN. The Security Council demanded that…
Escalating tensions with Cuba spurred Colombia’s opposition to call the country’s peace commissioner to Congress on Monday. Opposition senators Ivan Cepeda (Democratic Pole) and Antonio Sanguino (Green Alliance) reiterated Peace…
The United States government further complicated the future of peace in Colombia on Wednesday, adding Cuba to its list of non-cooperative countries in counter-terrorism efforts for not extraditing ELN peace…
Colombia’s ELN rebels will adopt a defensive strategy during the coronavirus pandemic, according to the guerrilla group’s leadership, which urged a bilateral ceasefire. In an interview with Caracol Radio, former…
Despite calls for an extension, Colombia’s ELN rebels end their unilateral ceasefire on Thursday, claiming that military offensives demonstrated President Ivan Duque is not interested in peace or in combating…
Colombia’s ELN rebels on Tuesday rejected the “peace promoters” authorized by President Ivan Duque to explore ways to resume peace talks. According to the country’s largest rebel group, their two…
Colombia’s ELN rebels on Sunday announced a ceasefire for April hours after the government of President Ivan Duque authorized two peace mediators. Peace commissioner Miguel Ceballos made the first move,…
At least eight people were killed in fighting between alleged drug traffickers and guerrillas on the border between Venezuela and Colombia, authorities said Sunday. The fighting took place across the…
Colombia’s last-standing guerrilla group, the ELN, said Monday that its shutdown of parts of the country over the weekend was a “complete success.” The ELN’s Eastern War Front, which is…