State representatives met with Catholic Church leaders Friday to discuss the church’s talks with criminal groups, after the government had refused to authorize the Medellin ceasefire brokers to conduct further…
One of the brokers of the truce between Medellin’s major crime syndicates said Thursday that the eventual failure of the ceasefire will be the government’s fault. Truce negotiator Jaime Jaramillo…
Colombian Peace Commissioner Frank Pearl said Wednesday that the government will not authorize the brokers of the Medellin gangs ceasefire to conduct any more negotiations. Pearl said that the negotiators’…
President Uribe said Monday that the government would not recognize a ceasefire between Medellin’s major crime syndicates, a statement reiterated by both the chief of police and the high commissioner…
An unknown group is negotiating a ceasefire between the two major criminal gangs in Medellin responsible for much of the city’s drug violence, Colombia Reports was told on Monday. The…
For the second consecutive year, Colombia will host a panel of experts from twenty countries to discuss strategies for demobilizing former guerrilla combatants. Forty -seven technocrats will come from a…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe announced Monday that his government has met all of the FARC’s requirements to ensure the liberation of hostages held by the guerrilla group. Uribe met briefly…
Colombian High Commissioner for Peace Frank Pearl said in an interview Wednesday that Europeans who consume drugs have blood on their hands, El Espectador reported. “They probably aren’t aware that…
Colombian and Spanish authorities debated the success of Colombia’s Justice and Peace Process in Madrid on Thursday. At a debate organized by the Toledo International Centre for Peace, Spanish and…