If Colombia’s President-elect Ivan Duque returns to war with ELN rebels this would put the country in “grave danger” and come at a “high cost” the International Crisis Group (ICG)…
Some 16,000 people from northwest Colombia have been displaced since fighting broke out between ELN and EPL guerrillas in mid-March, according to the United Nations. The turf war between the…
The ELN, Colombia’s last-standing guerrilla group, said on Monday that the government’s failure to make compromises are complicating a possible new ceasefire. Guerrilla and government negotiators in Havana, Cuba, have…
Some 1,600 people in west Colombia are running out of food as combat between illegal armed groups make it impossible for them to get supplies, according to the United Nations.…
Colombia’s President-elect Ivan Duque could lead his country into a “protracted and unwinnable war” with the ELN if he allows talks with the rebels to collapse, according to the International Crisis…
Colombia’s ELN rebels urged President-elect Ivan Duque on Monday to not walk away from peace talks with the country’s last-standing guerrilla group. The guerrillas’ chief negotiator, “Pablo Beltran,” told press…
Colombia’s last-standing rebel group, the ELN, kicked off a four-day unilateral ceasefire ahead of Sunday’s presidential election. It could be the last in a long time. The ceasefire took force…
The front-runner in Colombia’s election race, Ivan Duque, vowed Wednesday he would end peace talks with ELN rebels also if a ceasefire is agreed. Duque, who has opposed all efforts…
Chances that the ELN, Colombia’s last-standing guerrilla group, will cease fire in support of peace talks are decreasing by the day. Gustavo Bell, the former vice-president who has been negotiating…