Colombian Vice President Angelino Garzon says in a speech to the U.N. Human Rights Council that the door to peace remains open to the FARC if it ceases terrorist activities, Caracol Radio reported…
Colombia’s request for an extension on the Mine Ban Treaty deadline for removing anti-personnel landmines from its territory is likely to be approved, according to the treaty’s secretariat. Colombia on…
The Colombian film “Retratos en un mar de mentiras” (Portraits in a Sea of Lies), directed by Carlos Gaviria, wins the Public Prize for the best fiction film at the…
Liberal Senator Juan Manuel Galan spoke out against Colombian intelligence agency DAS’ illegal wiretapping at the meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), according to RCN Radio. “The complaint is to…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Monday officially appointed his former personal secretary, Alicia Arango, as the country’s new ambassador to the United Nations (UN) in Switzerland, reports Colombian media. Arango,…
Forced displacement of Colombian citizens increases by 150,000 people a year, Ariranga Govindasamy Pillay, one of 18 experts from the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) said…
In Berne, Switzerland, on Monday Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba asked the international community to support a “humanitarian exchange” of FARC hostages for incarcerated guerrillas, in order to achieve peace in…