Colombia’s second-largest rebel force, the leftist National Liberation Army (ELN), called a unilateral ceasefire as Colombians is set for a referendum on a peace with the larger FARC group. “We are…
While peace talks with Colombia’s second largest rebel group seem to be as stuck as ever, the ELN shut down the east of the country. From Monday to Wednesday, nobody in the provinces…
Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the ELN, said they will do what they can to facilitate the pending demobilization of the much larger FARC rebel group, but proved pessimistic about its own…
Several attacks by the leftist ELN rebels have wreaked havoc across the province of Arauca in northeastern Colombia. According to local radio station La Voz del Cinaruco, the attacks began Tuesday morning…
Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the ELN, released the first proof-of-life video of a politician who handed himself over to the guerrillas to secure his brother’s release last April. The…
Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the ELN, kidnapped at least five rice growers in the northeast of the country, local authorities said Wednesday. When the alleged kidnapping initially was reported late…
Colombia’s authorities said Tuesday they have dealt a major blow to leftist guerrilla army ELN’s finances with a “historic” military operation against illegal gold mines. President Juan Manuel Santos said…
Almost 1,000 people were forced to flee their homes in the northeast of Colombia over the past three weeks amid heavy fighting between the military and illegal armed groups, the…
Colombia’s western Choco province is increasingly torn apart by turf wars between left-wing guerrillas and their neo-paramilitary rivals, putting hundreds of people at extreme risk of displacement. Choco is located in the…