Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday formally inaugurated the United Nations-led commission in charge of monitoring the demobilization and disarmament of the FARC, the country’s largest leftist rebel group. The…
Colombia’s Police began a massive operation on Friday to move into FARC strongholds and effectively take over control from the guerrillas who are set to demobilize following a 52-year armed conflict. In Medellin,…
President Juan Manuel Santos said Thursday he expects the international community to donate $3.3 billion to Colombia’s peace process. In an attempt to discard rumors that a pending tax reform is…
The owner of a plot of land in southwest Colombia that was designated to host a concentration camp for demobilizing and disarming FARC guerrillas has been assassinated, her family told media Wednesday. The…
Colombia rebel group and other illegal organizations are moving into FARC-controlled territory ahead of the guerrilla group’s pending demobilization, reported newspaper El Tiempo on Monday. According to the newspaper, particularly the ELN has been…
Colombians are sure to approve a peace deal with Marxist FARC rebels in a referendum next month because they see the enormous economic opportunity and know renewed war would be…
Colombia’s voters are bombarded with disinformation by rival campaigns ahead of a referendum on a controversial peace deal with leftist FARC rebels, possibly the country’s most important vote in decades. The plebiscite in which Colombia will either ratify…
The international and national press have been humming along contentedly this past week in the knowledge that the secretive yet media savvy FARC rebels are open to media presence at…
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos announced Friday that the formal signing of a deal to end the state’s 52-year war with leftist FARC rebels will be signed on September 26…