United Nations peace observers were celebrating Colombia’s first New Year’s Eve in peace not in one, but multiple FARC camps and were even joined by police, according to media reports. When Spanish…
The FARC’s Martin Caballero front said Friday it would retreat from the verification mechanism that oversees the guerrillas’ demobilization and disarmament until the UN returns observers it suspended for dancing with the rebels. The…
The 10-day delay in preparing the demobilization and disarmament camps for demobilizing FARC rebels should not delay their scheduled disarmament, said Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos Thursday. The president said so while visiting…
The UN Mission in Colombia on Thursday suspended three observers and their supervisor for attending a New Year’s Eve party held by the FARC guerrilla group. “The Mission reiterates its…
The conservative opposition questioned the neutrality of the United Nations in Colombia’s peace process on Monday after observers were filmed dancing with guerrillas at a New Years’s Eve gathering. Opposition…
Colombia’s government has not yet had the time to facilitate the demobilization of the country’s largest rebel group FARC due to the legal consequences of a “No” vote against an initial peace…
The demobilization deadline for Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC has been extended to January 10 as the government has failed to set up the camps where guerrillas are meant to hand in…
Three days for the set demobilization deadline of Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC, Congress approved the amnesty law the guerrillas demanded be in place before submitting to the law. According to…
Colombia’s armed forces will not move into abandoned FARC territory until after January 1, the country’s military commander said Monday. The governor of Antioquia announced in June already that the military…