Colombia Congress set to ratify revised peace deal on Thursday
The first debates in Congress on Colombia’s new peace deal with the Marxist FARC rebel group are scheduled for next Tuesday, with a vote on the pact expected on Thursday. President…
The first debates in Congress on Colombia’s new peace deal with the Marxist FARC rebel group are scheduled for next Tuesday, with a vote on the pact expected on Thursday. President…
Makeshift roadblocks dot communities in the north of Colombia’s Cauca province as locals form unarmed watch groups, claiming authorities are ignoring a wave of violence in the region. The 80-man-strong Peasant Security force…
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday he will present a revised peace deal with FARC rebels to Congress on Wednesday, the reported deadline to have the guerrillas’ demobilization and disarmament process ratified before…
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos said Wednesday that a revised peace deal with the country’s largest rebel group, the FARC, will be ratified by Congress and not in a referendum.…
Two alleged FARC guerrillas were killed in combat with the military on Wednesday, only days after the signing of a revised peace deal, according to the chief government negotiator. The deaths come amid…
Colombia’s transitional justice system that would prosecute the tens of thousands of war crimes committed during the country’s 52-year armed conflict needs at least six months to be set up, the senate…
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos will study paramilitary successor groups’ request to take part in an ongoing peace process with Marxist guerrillas, according to the governor of the Antioquia province. The…
With significantly less powers than previously agreed with Colombia, the United Nations has begun the verification of a renewed ceasefire between the government and FARC guerrillas awaiting their demobilization and disarmament.…
Colombia government and FARC guerrilla negotiators are “close” to reaching agreement on amendments to a peace deal that was rejected by the country’s voters earlier this month, FARC chief Rodrigo Londoño…