5,000 peasants marched in protest of the FARC’s use of landmines and government abuses in Colombia’s southern Putumayo department. reported local media Friday. Organizers said the general goal of the march…
President Juan Manuel Santos thanked Colombia’s Armed Forces Friday in honor of the country’s 202nd Independence Day. “The freedom that we have today, we owe to these soldiers, these sailors,…
A joint operation between Colombia’s Air Force and Army dealt another blow to guerrilla group FARC in the country’s west Thursday. Following three months of intelligence work, Colombian forces raided…
Indigenous community leaders from the department of Cauca denied Thursday a government-announced truce between Colombia’s army and the indigenous guard. The alleged accord stated that there would be no more armed…
Colombian authorities said Thursday they have reached an agreement with indigenous leaders to end the tense situation in the southwestern department of Cauca, although community leaders from the area disputed…
Colombian authorities revealed an intercepted email allegedly from the FARC Wednesday inciting indigenous people in southwestern Colombia to “demand the withdrawal” of government forces from the region. “Deal propaganda in…
Sources within the indigenous movement in Colombia’s southwestern Cauca department claimed one person was killed and 23 people wounded as the army retook a base that was occupied by protesters Tuesday,…
The FARC released a message on their website Tuesday claiming responsibility for a downed military aircraft that led to the death of two crew members in the southwestern department of…
Ongoing fighting between Colombia’s armed forces and the FARC in the southwest of the country is causing a “delicate humanitarian situation,” said a local ombudsman Saturday. Since fighting escalated last…