Infighting among Colombia’s moderate presidential candidates caused the implosion of their “centrist” coalition. Presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt said Saturday that her Green Oxygen party would leave the “Center Hope Coalition”…
Colombia’s largest rebel group has publicly rejected a statement it published earlier this week saying that congresswoman Clara Rojas, detained by the FARC for six years, does not have the right to be presented…
Colombia’s largest armed guerrilla group FARC on Tuesday said that Congresswoman Clara Rojas, who was kidnapped by FARC in 2002, can’t be labeled a victim and participate in ongoing peace talks.
Former FARC Commander Gerardo Aguilar Ramirez has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for his role in the guerrilla organization’s attempted takeover of a city in southeast Colombia in…
Two prominent former commanders of Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC will stand on trial next week for numerous crimes against humanity including several prominent kidnapping cases.
Former presidential candidate and rebel group FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt might stay true to her word and make a return to Colombia politics as one of the presidential pre-candidates for…
Ingrid Betancourt, kidnapped for six years by Colombia’s main rebel group FARC while running for president in 2002, told local media that she might return to Colombian politics. She also…
Former Colombian presidential candidate and FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt said Friday she was optimistic about the outcome of peace talks with the rebel group that held her hostage for six…
The man accused of kidnapping the child, which former vice-presidential candidate Clara Rojas had while in the captivity of rebel group FARC, has been sentenced to 33 years in prison.