Canada will be contributing up to 10 police officers to Colombia’s peace process to provide continual monitoring of a ceasefire between the state and Marxist guerrillas, according to CBC news. While the…
United States President Barack Obama will not pardon prominent FARC leader “Simon Trinidad” as one of his final actions in office, despite the demobilizing guerrillas’ demands to repatriate their fellow-rebel.…
Despite the FARC’s insertion into Colombia’s politics with a recent peace deal, the Marxist rebel group said it will not put forth a candidate in the country’s 2018 presidential elections. In…
The FARC has effectively begun demobilizing, local media and commanders of Colombia’s largest guerrilla group in modern history said Monday. According to Luciano Marin, a.k.a. “Ivan Marquez,” guerrillas have begun…
United Nations peace observers were celebrating Colombia’s first New Year’s Eve in peace not in one, but multiple FARC camps and were even joined by police, according to media reports. When Spanish…
The FARC’s Martin Caballero front said Friday it would retreat from the verification mechanism that oversees the guerrillas’ demobilization and disarmament until the UN returns observers it suspended for dancing with the rebels. The…
The 10-day delay in preparing the demobilization and disarmament camps for demobilizing FARC rebels should not delay their scheduled disarmament, said Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos Thursday. The president said so while visiting…
The UN Mission in Colombia on Thursday suspended three observers and their supervisor for attending a New Year’s Eve party held by the FARC guerrilla group. “The Mission reiterates its…
Under former President Alvaro Uribe (2002-2010), Colombia’s US-backed security forces murdered more civilians than FARC guerrillas have in more than 30 years. This is the most inconvenient truth Colombia’s electorate will have to accept…