The United Nations said Wednesday it had received 40% of the demobilized FARC guerrillas’ weapons, 20% less than agreed in the timeline that seeks the rebel group’s full disarmament before…
Colombia’s largest and demobilizing guerrilla group FARC has met a revised deadline to surrender 30% of its weapons in an ongoing peace process with the Marxist rebel group, the United Nations…
Months after observers of a ceasefire between Colombia’s government and FARC guerrillas reported a soldier had raped an 11 year-old-girl, on Monday they reported a FARC guerrilla had tried to rape two…
Following the allegedly arbitrary arrest of two demobilized guerrillas, FARC leader Rodrigo Londoño said Sunday he is considering a suspension of the rebel group’s disarmament while calling on “international oversight.” According to the…
An army captain was injured after he and at least one subordinate had “accidentally” entered a FARC demobilization camp in southern Colombia, the Ministry of Defense announced Wednesday. The incident in the…
Colombia’s hard-right opposition was visibly intimidated after President Juan Manuel Santos decreed 34 peace bills in three days, bypassing congress that had been able to ratify three bills in three months. The president assumed…
Amid increasing foreign pressure and days before the end of his transitional mandate, Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos has begun signing a series of decrees seeking to accelerate the country’s peace process. Santos delivered…
Following major delays, Colombia’s national government, the United Nations and the FARC agreed to extend the deadline for the guerrillas’ demobilization and begin to actively fight paramilitary groups and drug traffickers. The deadline for…
Colombia’s Marxist-inspired FARC rebels look set to miss the 180-day disarmament deadline of May 30, with guerrilla representatives indicating that the process could take another two months, reported El Colombiano…